10: surprise!

this is the massive living room artwork i was working on this past week. my living room is this fabulous deep red color and my furniture is black. marlana (my landlord) always had black/white photos in the living room, which i loved. so i decided, what better to do than cover a whole wall in them?

the mechanics: i started by nailing up large pieces mat board. and then simply used double-sided sticky tape to attach the photos. that way there's no adhesive on the wall, and i didn't get the plaster texture on the photos when i smoothed them down to ensure adhesion. plus, the nails holding the mat board are completely covered by the photos - and nail heads were one thing i wanted to avoid. i'm pretty satisfied with how it came out. undoubtedly, i'll change some things next time i do it. but i'm seriously in love with this wall.

random statistics about the wall:
1. 11 pieces of mat board.
2. way more ink than i care to count.
3. at least 10 rolls of double-sided sticky tape.
4. 166 photos, taken at no less than 30 different locations.
- photos from my road trip along the southern cali coast: 24
- photos from san francisco: 10
- photos from my recent trip to south dakota: 30
- photos that include a bridge: 8
- photos that include water: 25
- photos taken from a moving vehicle (car, boat, plane, double-decker bus): 30