Notes from the work.
Objects. Colour. Thoughts. Doubts. Decisions. Random.
Ongoing.
Latest on top.
Real paint
Picked up the first round of real paint this morning.
22 colours.
Already had 11.
1 doesn’t translate in this paint brand.
Also gave away all the colour samples.
Material upgrade.
Paint experience upgrade.
Finish upgrade.
Feels more serious now.
OPEN STUDIO?
Had someone by yesterday to look at blocks, sticks and colours.
We talked combinations.
What colours do in a room.
And on a small object.
How they shift when they meet.
Really liked it.
The objects are one thing.
The looking at colour together is another.
Now considering some kind of open studio hours.
POP-A-PAPAY
One colour is not translating well into real paint.
POP-A-PAPAY.
NCS S 0580-Y50R
The paint system can’t quite get it there.
Too bright. Too unstable. Something with the pigments.
Researching alternatives.
NCS S 0585-Y60R
NCS S 1080-Y50R
Not testing yet.
Looking.
Paint
Colour samples were for testing and choosing colours.
They got me to the colour collection.
They can be painted with.
With medium, retarder, varnish.
It works. But it doesn’t.
Not nice to paint with.
And not the quality I want.
So I have decided to shift all 34 colours to real paint.
More painting.
Less fighting the paint.
Shelf update
Added starting prices to the shelf.
Custom is possible.
Also decided to keep the first three blocks as early work.
Not everything has to leave.
Instagram reset
Posted a white post on Instagram yesterday.
Needed a pause in the feed. A reset.
Today I posted the first real POP X STUDIO post.
Blocks. Sticks. Colours. Copenhagen.
A shift.
Clearer now.
Web numbers
Looked at the web numbers.
Not much yet. Still something.
People go to the log.
People go to the shelf.
They stay there longer.
Some pages are dead ends.
Small tweaks for now.
Shelf update
Added colour swatches to the shelf entries.
It reads better now.
Less guessing.
Each swatch links to its colour card.
Block no. 03 out
Walked with block no. 03 today.
Stopped by a new bookshop on Vester Voldgade.
Then went behind BLOX and found a rolling storage cage.
The light was too blue.
The contrast worked.
Channel and colour edit
I closed the Instagram channel and sent a final note through The Colour Edit.
Both are closed now.
Stripe satisfaction
Painted stripes today.
Sharp edges.
Precision.
Quite satisfying.
Memphis edition coming up.
Closing the channel
Another thought before coffee.
Speaking of energy. Lightness. Sunshine.
Not much of that in the Instagram channel.
I’m closing it.
The log is ongoing.
The objects live on the shelf.
The occasional letter picks things up now and then.
Instagram stays for fragments.
Now coffee.
Life. Lightness. Air.
Had a sunny day.
Went to see Daddy Issues at Gammel Strand.
Walked around the city with a block in the bag.
It stayed there.
The sun and sunny people got to me.
I need more air in this project.
More life. More humour. Less control.
Spontaneity. Sunshine.
First block out
The first block left the building today.
Off to Bornholm.
A custom block for a friend who helped me test custom blocks and the site.
Feels good.
And the sun is shining.
