We here at The Uhoooooo Art Blog have found that while we are enjoying one of our favourite past times, looking at art, there are several niggly things that annoy us. This has led to this new weekly post which is going to be entitled, “You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?”. Lifted from the evergreen Family Guy in title, and in its content we will go on to rant about something particularly aggravating that we have seen.
So we will start this week with my biggest gripe when it comes to the presentation of art, something that I feel has ruined many a degree show, and even some professional ones, a common rookie error when searching for the easier option seems to be the right one, when it clearly isn’t. What I speak of is in fact FOAMBOARD.
I myself have never used it due to its horrible nature, but it is either a difficult thing to cut, or the type of person it attracts seems to be inept at cutting sufficiently, as the edges are always frayed and jagged. The edges cut in this way downgrade any work with any potential to a mess that is unviewable. It’s cheap and flimsy nature is of course a more economical option to a far superior mounting material such as Dibond, but photos stuck to the foam board and cut look like primary school rubbish even if the pictures themselves are a master piece. If I was unable to afford the luxuries such as a Dibond mounting, I would use pins instead as despite the possible damage to the surface I think that is far more bearable than the horror show that is foam board.
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