I posted a photo of the art piece I did for the top of the stairs at a local winery. That job has been bothering me and I have been thinking a lot about it. Oh, they liked it just fine. It was exactly what they wanted, artistic and functional, a safety piece of art to prevent some guest from tumbling down the stairs.
But there was something about it I didn't like. Ever since I acquired a digital camera I have always taken photos of my work.
I studied these photos for several days, long after I was paid in full and the job completed.
Part of the problem wasn't my fault. There is always an element of risk when I measure for an installation piece and the remodeling or construction is not complete. I had allowed for a baseboard to be installed but thought it might be four inches high. As it turned out, it was about 8" tall which caused me to put a shim piece of wood on the wall at the top connecting piece of my rail.
This worked and did the job but it just didn't have the tight to the wall look that I had envisioned. My customers were happy but I wasn't. Something wasn't right.
A part of the problem was this piece wasn't designed to be 3/4" away from the wall and the other problem, thought of after the fact, I admit, is the main 2" post on the left acts as a frame to this art, a frame incomplete with nothing against the wall.
I could have left well enough alone. I had been paid in full and the job was completed, but it bothered me. It was not a case of saving my good name, a year from now no one will know who made this. It is not signed. But I knew it was nice and it became a matter of saving my art. I could make it better!
I could so I did. Now you can see both photos.
My other Work is HERE.
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| Paid for but something is wrong with it? |
I studied these photos for several days, long after I was paid in full and the job completed.
Part of the problem wasn't my fault. There is always an element of risk when I measure for an installation piece and the remodeling or construction is not complete. I had allowed for a baseboard to be installed but thought it might be four inches high. As it turned out, it was about 8" tall which caused me to put a shim piece of wood on the wall at the top connecting piece of my rail.
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| New and Improved and Framed! |
A part of the problem was this piece wasn't designed to be 3/4" away from the wall and the other problem, thought of after the fact, I admit, is the main 2" post on the left acts as a frame to this art, a frame incomplete with nothing against the wall.
I could have left well enough alone. I had been paid in full and the job was completed, but it bothered me. It was not a case of saving my good name, a year from now no one will know who made this. It is not signed. But I knew it was nice and it became a matter of saving my art. I could make it better!
I could so I did. Now you can see both photos.
My other Work is HERE.
