Sunday 2 June 2013

The Exhibition

Tomorow is the pin up for the exhibition and even though I know I've done all the work and I'm happy with what I've achieved, I feel like there is something I'm forgetting! But theres always that feeling before a big assesment I think.

The last few weeks have been a mixture of stress, relief and nerves as the big day gets closer. Its been busy but I've got to admit that the build up to the final crit was worse because we only had two weeks then to get all the drawings done whereas for the exhibition we've had almost a month to prepare and I was on top of things anyway.

The construction drawings took up most of the time but its mainly the research that takes time and once I had the go ahead I smashed the drawings out in two days. Other than that there were a few additional sheets like a context board to do and another couple of models. I ended up completely re-drawing my sections and sequentials for the detail stage which seemed like a good idea at the time but when I was rendering up the 4th sequential I wanted to rip my hair out! A few computer crashes later and a fist through the dry wall, the drawings were finished and I'm glad I re-did them as they look much better.

I think the worst thing about the last few weeks has been the cost of printing and all the little bits that go towards the exhibition. Everything has printed well though so I guess it will be worth it in the long run and at least its one less stress handing over a usb then forgetting about it. One way or another by the end of next week it will all be over and I think everyone has earnt a drink!