Today was ‘help the wife out’ day. She had some student posters that needed to be mounted for a city hall competition. So it was about five hours (travel included) of work with foam board and spray adhesive.
It was funny, there was debate, while we were working, centering around matting or mounting the posters. This occurred because of a change in the competition guidelines came through requesting the student work be matted/mounted. What was confusing was the 20-inch by 30-inch dimensions. Was that with or without the matte? Anyway, she had everything printed out before the change. She had the foam board, and no matte board. So she decided to mount the posters. I agreed, because that presentation plays to the nature of a poster. How is a poster normally seen? It is on a wall, interacting with its environment. So it was so it was spray, place and trim.
Of course the travel time was filled with The Creeps! That is if we weren’t talking about the directions and changes for the competition.
A while ago, I might have commented on how this kind of work should be automated. After a recent Print Expo that I attended with my wife, I know that the equipment is out there. Of course it is expensive, so mere mortals will have to ‘spray, place and trim’ for a while longer.
For as long as it‘s needed, I’ll keep closing this way, please check out a good organization that’s providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you is can afford.
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