Notes from the work.
Objects. Colour. Thoughts. Doubts. Decisions. Random.
Ongoing.
Latest on top.
Masking tape
Have been searching for masking tape in different widths. Found it. Bought it.
3 mm.
6 mm.
10 mm.
Also got 40 mm, which I had mistaken for 4 m. Online shopping does that to me sometimes. Guess I have to make big stripes too.
I like stripes.
Also really like this packaging.
Test: Colour turning corners
Still thinking about how to work with imperfect edges.
So now I’m testing colour turning around the corner instead.
A bend.
While sanding and repainting an older block, something else appeared too.
The meeting between old matte test paint and new wood paint.
Matte vs gloss.
I want to play with that meeting too.
Getting glossy varnish.
Test: Controlled chaos
Some blocks have tiny imperfections at the edges.
Just enough to make a sharp line uneven.
The wood also shows itself more when the colour field is clean.
So I’m testing another kind of colour meeting.
Raw wood.
Tape.
A controlled field.
Paint misbehaving inside it.
First test on paper.
Dense. Probably need to calm down.
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.
