Worm Tins Underway

Today was a day for final decision making, and when it came to it, it was easy to make. Obvious to make. There was only one decision TO make. The tins i am using for the 'catalogue' are going to be some of my precious, treasured tea-sample tins. Even though I am finding it hard to think of letting some of them go, the work needs them.

I will make an initial set of 25 tins. Each one will contain a tiny handmade box (shown on yesterday's blog), with 30 cards, each showing one of the pieces of work in the exhibition. There will also be one-off "treasures" in the box,  and one from a series of a numbered edition of small collages, made from scraps collected while making the exhibition.

My last exhibition "Voyage of Discovery" in 2009 was really successful, and to say that I was disappointed to sell all 30 of the pieces would sound silly. But ...... 

I was disappointed not to have documented the pieces better, and sad not to have the opportunity to exhibit them as 'one piece' again. I do however have a piece of work, which was made from a collage of scraps collected while making the exhibition, and of course the catalogue.

It seems appropriate (and ironic) that at this exhibition i will be selling the collages (hopefully) - as part of a collectible 'worm tin' catalogue/record of the exhibition and therefore i will retain the 30 original pieces. I hope to be finalising another venue for the exhibition later in the year. 

OK so less than a week to go until the preview. But i am in control.