Fan, unfolded...

I thought this part of "About Time" would be simple. It’s just a fan, right? Live and learn! When flat, the fan was 56” wide. Folded it's 12.5" H x 23”W x 2” deep. I combined some prints and papers I had in my archives, printed a few more, and added some collage. I collaged all this onto a piece of Arnhem 1618 that I had scored for the folds.

Oops!:  didn’t account for the glued layers now being very thick, so when I made the final accordion folds into the fan shape, the center parts cracked at the fold and I had to do them over, printing on thinner paper. Then the fan kept flopping over when it needed to be free standing. After many trials and tribulations, I attached the fan to some metal “L” brackets and foamcore backing and base. I used “invisible” thread to sew it to the backing.

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