Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it to the session on Wednesday when everyone prepared their prints for the exhibition because I was unwell. I then thought I would be able to do it on Thursday or Friday but I wasn't well enough to come in to the studio by these days either. Jack has really helped me out with this and brought my prints home to me so I could sort them out in my own time, sign them, edition them and wrap them ready for sale. He then took them back to college for me and framed one of my prints which was such a help because I knew that if they weren't ready for Monday morning then I wouldn't have met the deadline and my work wouldn't be able to be put in the exhibition - big up Jack!
I am happy with how my prints look now they are trimmed down and presented well. While I was unable to come in to college, I couldn't remember how my prints had turned out and I started to doubt that they were good enough to put into the exhibition at all. I know that they aren't perfect but I think this process has helped me to embrace the imperfections of the printmaking process. I think this task has helped me with that more so than the process and production brief because here, I have had no reliance on digital methods whatsoever so everything is done by hand and therefore is bound to have some little slip ups. I just hope people at the exhibition agree that it is the imperfections that gives them their unique aesthetic. In the end I selected twelve prints that I was happy with which I think is a good number for a limited edition set. I made sure I destroyed the unsuccessful prints so I can honestly say no more will ever be made.
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