SPINK & THACKRAY. April '19.

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17/04/19.

Today was a trip to Leeds to see and speak to the people of Spink & Thackray and Hobbs.

The trip to Spink & Thackray was great, it was a chance for me to see all the different book binding options, the cover material and colour options, many different examples of books and portfolio boxes they have made for other customers. Because I'm still slightly unsure on the whole design and finish of my book it was great to see so many good examples and it gave ,e plenty to think about and consider for my own work.

After Spink & Thackray we moved onto the Hobbs to see what they're options were with printing and mounting. I found this company a really good back-up and one to know about. They didn't have as many options as other printers I have been to but their services were fairly cheap and decent.

ENTWHISTLE. April '19.

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15/04/19.

Today was a trip to Entwhistle in Manchester to discuss printing ideas and options. It was very much a needed trip as I was completely lost with what I want to do for the final exhibition. I needed to see what sort of things were available to use and print with/on, how long they would take to print, the next process in getting these things printed and also prices and delivery options.

While at Entwhistle, Adam who is the lead sales advisor for Entwhistle, sat down with us and went through any questions we had, in terms of things they are able to do for us, he went through some rough pricing, delivery details and also examples of papers and mounting material. Seeing all these options in the flesh really helped me to get an idea of what I want.

Entwhistle is one of three printing and book binding services I'm visiting and discussing, by going to three I'm able to then evaluate at the end which one is best for me.

CLASS OF 2019. April '19.

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04/04/19.

So today we had one our last session of our degree. For this session we went over submissions guidelines and it was also the main day of our final interim show, where we had prints and we displayed them in the exhibition space at the indoor market.

I had one A3 print and two A4 prints on display, all of which were printed on 150gsm munken polar smooth paper (from the print bureau at university). Because the interim shows are practice I didn't want to spend too much money on my prints, just prints good enough to show colours and details was all I was after. And my images were simply displayed using 4 nail in each corner.