Here's seeing how the print's actually working in detail with my box.
One slight issue with this is the dimensions of my image weren’t exactly A2 – somehow I managed to end with the image being out of proportion, it’s A2 width but not height. This wasn’t really a consideration when I printed it, I was excited to see what it looked like, but now I’ve got A2 light boxes, so this image isn’t going to cut it. But that’s not much of an issue at the moment because I’m still working out what I’m doing and am completely prepared to reprint anyway.
I am pleased with the way the light (or lack of) border is working. It’s not actually so noticeable around the darker areas of the image, but overall gives the image the feeling of age, as if it’s been light damaged or something.The tone of my lights is quite warm and I think this works well in this context – it’s allowing the images to appear more as they appear on screen and the warmer tone provides an almost sepia feeling around the image which again fits in with the feeling of aging.
I found trimming the image quite difficult, it turns out backlit film isn’t the easiest thing to cut through – it’s very easy to take off the top layer without actually cutting through the whole thing. This could be a problem and I will have to get someone to help me trim further images by holding the ruler so I can focus completely on cutting. I’ve tested out my initial idea of attaching the image by screwing straight through the image to the Perspex to the wood. I am liking the effect of this. It’s a hard call, but the appearance becomes quite base, and the method of construction then becomes part of the work.
I am pleased with the outcome of the test. I think the boxes are working well.
