Eyesore progress by marginendeavour

On Sunday we reached a milestone in the creation of our Eyesore billboard; we finished covering the billboard frame on the back of the board. 

We have to do a few small tidying up jobs on the back before we give the whole surface a coat of varnish to protect it from the outdoor elements. Following that, we will need to build the structure that will hold the board in place. We intend to make the board detachable from the structure so that it can be easily moved.

Eyesore progress by marginendeavour

marginendeavour progress with Eyesore

marginendeavour progress with Eyesore

marginendeavour progress with Eyesore

When we began collaging Eyesore at the beginning of July, we could only hazard a guess at how long it would take for us to cover the entire billboard with the hundreds of different margins that we had cut off newspapers. It seems a little unbelievable that this momentous occasion (for marginendeavour, at least) were to happen on New Years Eve 2019, during our final marginendeavour session of the decade!

When we next meet up we will turn the board around and begin wrapping the margins round the rim of the billboard and onto the back. We want to differentiate between the front and the back of the artwork, and so do not intend to collage over the entire back surface.

marginendeavour progress with Eyesore

marginendeavour - progress with eyesore

marginendeavour progress with eyesore

marginendeavour artwork for Newcastle University Fine Art postcard auction 2019

marginendeavour progress with Eyesore

marginendeavour progress with Eyesore

marginendeavour website launched - www.marginendeavour.co.uk

www.marginendeavour.co.uk

Please let us know what you think.

Odd Combo - an enjoyable evening discussing collaboration

marginendeavour would like to thank Matt Pickering, Jill Tate and Theresa Poulton for inviting us to speak about our collaborative practice at their Odd Combo event held at The NewBridge Project last night. Thanks also to all the people who attended the event, posed interesting questions and contributed to the discussion.

It was fascinating to hear from Lesley Guy about TOTALLER, the collective that she belongs to. Although they approach making work in a different way to marginendeavour, there were plenty of things that we agreed upon such as the importance of trust, being honest with each other and enjoying working together.

Eyesore progress by marginendeavour

marginendeavour progress with eyesore

marginendeavour progress with Eyesore