{"id":3671,"date":"2016-06-21T18:59:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T18:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:20:05","slug":"all-in-the-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=3671","title":{"rendered":"All in the detail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As vital\u00a0as they are, preparing for the show isn&#8217;t all about the prints. Framing will take some weeks yet, I have long lists of invitees to prepare for emailing, and I&#8217;m getting some extremely valuable help with PR. Today though, was all about text support within the exhibition space, as I made a start on making lettering for the walls and standing panels, using a laser vinyl cutter. The aim is to make the show look as professional as possible, giving visitors the information they need about the show&#8217;s theme, but without getting in the way of the exhibits.<\/p>\n<p>Laser cutters are very quick, particularly for large\u00a0letterforms. My initial fascination with their speed and remarkable accuracy soon wore off though. The process is inevitably slower when there are numerous lines of relatively small text to cut. After a couple of\u00a0cups and some chats with friends, the cutting work was done, and the machine had\u00a0cut the text\u00a0out for\u00a0the entire exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3676\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3069-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"All in the detail: lettering vinyls before 'weeding'\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>After the vinyl cutter has completed cutting a section, the outline of the\u00a0lettering can be seen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3673\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3066-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"All in the detail: 'weeding' lettering vinyls\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The &#8216;counters&#8217; \u2013 enclosed areas within the characters a, b, d, e, g, o, are removed, using a scalpel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3674\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3067-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"All in the detail: cutting lettering vinyls\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To finish preparing the lettering sheets, the only thing left to do\u00a0is to peel away the background and attach some application tape. Hopefully, that will be tomorrow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[spacer height=&#8221;20px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, please have a look at a\u00a0filmed introduction on my printmaking, shot at The Ropewalk earlier this year. You can see it on:<\/p>\n<p>You Tube\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zU8fnbvyJIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/zU8fnbvyJIw<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Vimeo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/152998998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/152998998<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the story of the exhibition at:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Anomalies16?src=hash\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>#A<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>nomalies1<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Find all my posts\u00a0about Art Printworks stories on Twitter at:\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artprintstories?src=hash\">#artprintstories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As vital\u00a0as they are, preparing for the show isn&#8217;t all about the prints. 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