Hi again,
Another dilemma:
I belong to a carving club that gets to display our work at a nearby county fair. In California, one can displayand enter scrolling and woodworking at carving shows, so my fellow carvers encourage (or possibly humor) me, and I get a really nice audience for scrolling at the fair. We sit at a table sort of out in the middle of a large room - 4 chairs and a kind of a lattice-work room divider-type thing behind us (backdrop, maybe you call it), for displaying flat or hanging projects. This year we are planning to make our own backdrop, so that it will be nicer and sturdier.
But we cannot figure out what color to paint the thing, or whether it should be some sort of patterned cloth, like a subtle tweed or something. For carvings that sit on a table, I usually use a black t-shirt knit piece of cloth for a table cover, and things show up pretty well, but making the backdrop black seems kind of - well - depressing and dark.
Do any of you out there have any suggestions about what is successful for you or other scrollers in showing off a variety of projects - mostly natural wood colors, but possibly a few painted things?
We're really at an impass about this, so your suggestions are going to be very welcome.
Thanks
Another dilemma:
I belong to a carving club that gets to display our work at a nearby county fair. In California, one can displayand enter scrolling and woodworking at carving shows, so my fellow carvers encourage (or possibly humor) me, and I get a really nice audience for scrolling at the fair. We sit at a table sort of out in the middle of a large room - 4 chairs and a kind of a lattice-work room divider-type thing behind us (backdrop, maybe you call it), for displaying flat or hanging projects. This year we are planning to make our own backdrop, so that it will be nicer and sturdier.
But we cannot figure out what color to paint the thing, or whether it should be some sort of patterned cloth, like a subtle tweed or something. For carvings that sit on a table, I usually use a black t-shirt knit piece of cloth for a table cover, and things show up pretty well, but making the backdrop black seems kind of - well - depressing and dark.
Do any of you out there have any suggestions about what is successful for you or other scrollers in showing off a variety of projects - mostly natural wood colors, but possibly a few painted things?
We're really at an impass about this, so your suggestions are going to be very welcome.
Thanks
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