Day 125 . 25 .08.2011

15:30

My mom and I have just picked up my pieces and I am thrilled. Throughout this process, I have been calm and focused on the main goal, that I haven’t made time to absorb my moment.

As I walked into John’s home and studio, he welcomed me with the most infectious grin and as I approached the lounge, there were my pieces, sealed in plastic. I immediately dropped my bag on the couch and grabbed the nearest canvas.

Deryck was right; John Rivett is the ‘Master Printer’. The quality of the print is by far the best that I have seen my work printed in. He showed me the different sizes that we had discussed, showed me his favourite pieces in the collection, and advised me on some techniques for signing the collection and other stuff.

We packed the works in the boot, and as we were driving home, I couldn’t help but look behind every 2 minutes to check if my newborn (the collection) was okay hehe.

Tomorrow, I will be dropping off the prints as well as the wine.

Checking out

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Day 124 . 24 .08.2011

My pieces are done. They all have been printed, stretched and are now ready to be picked up. Tomorrow I will be picking all the pieces from John.  I will probably be delivering them to the gallery on Friday, along with the Morkel wine that was donated by Dirkie Morkel of Bellevue wine estate.
 

7 days left.

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Day 119 . 19 .08.2011

I have completed the electronic list for the collection. This entails the following information; title, medium, size and price. I will also be sending the artist statement, 72 dpi resolution copies of the collection, my C.V as well as the poster to Deryck.  All of this will be used for the opening and the rest of the month that the exhibition will be running at Rococo Studio Gallery.

I spoke to John Rivett of Masterprints, who is printing and stretching my images, and he has confirmed that the printing process will be done today. I wasn’t aware that he has already started, so the only thing left for him to do is to stretch the prints.

Today I will be focusing on the outfit that I will be wearing on the night of the opening, and making my final decision.

12 days left until the end of the month…

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Day 109 . 09 .08.2011

All the images are finally in for printing. Some of the chosen pictures were too small for printing, as I had them on 72dpi instead of 300dpi. This meant I had to find the raw images, tweak them a bit so that they look presentable and deliver all the copies to Masterprints. I walked into the room, a bit nervous to give John Rivett my complete collection, but the sounds of Madonna put me at ease. With less than 22 days left, I am finally seeing things come together.


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Day 108 . 08 .08.2011

Its day and 108 , which means I have 23 days left. I received an email today, from Dirkie Morkel from the Bellevue wine farm in Stellenbosch. He will be delivering the bottles of wine , that he so generously donated for the opening , sometime this week. Thank you once again Dirkie.  It is womans day tomorrow , and so I will be sending in the last few images of the collaboration in for printing. I will be making calls to each of my team members and have a much needed feedback session. In these last few days , I need to make sure that everyone is on track as the opening is in just over three weeks.

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Day 105 . 05 .08.2011

There were no classes today, and so I spent the morning watching Summer Heights High as well as Angry Boys in my room. In the afternoon I met my printer John Rivett, for the first time and WOW he is amazing. He is so sincere, friendly, helpful and talented. Half of my prints have gone in for printing, and the rest will be sent in early next week.

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