Documentation

 

So, honestly, the bet way for me to demonstrate documentation is to just show you my documentation from the past. I will add bits of information as questions are asked.

 

This is some old documentation of mine. Not perfect by any stretch. I've learned things since then, corrected the chemical name of vermilion, etc. -- but it's a good jumping off point. In addition to this, I had supplemental documentation which included images of how I cut my quills, mixed my paints, laid my gold, etc. I haven't included that here because 1) the file size is huge and 2) it's pretty much the information you see in the How-To's througout the rest of this site. 

 

Documentation Example

 

• I chose to do main documentation and supplemental documentation just to keep it from bogging down the main documentation with all the images of processes that the judges probably already knew how to do.

• I chose numerical citation instead of in-text because I felt it helped with the flow of the paper better, but this is by no means a standard.

• I included footnotes for quick references so my readers could easily check my source for the sentence. This also allowed for me to say exactly where in my source I got each idea from. You can just have numerical/in-text with a reference section at the bottom. I just prefer footnotes for quick and specific reference.

 

 

Project Display

 

The most important thing is to know the space you have available--or, if you don't know / can't find out, then plan for multiple scenarios. Assuming you have all the space you could want, my best suggestion is to USE IT, especially if you are using pigments or quills or any period materials. Show that off! So, here is my standard set-up assuming ~22x28" (standard poster board size). If the space is smaller, I remove the least relevant aspects until they all fit.

 

I like to create small labels for the materials I display, but another option is to lay down a large piece of poster board and label it on the board itself. This becomes especially helpful if you know your space, so you can cut the board to the size, set things up ahead of time, label them on the board, and then when it's time to display your project, setting up is a breeze.

 

Center front should be your documentation (easy to access for the judges / populace). Center behind your documentation should be your actual project. There can be other stuff between documentation and project if they're small, but you want to make your documentation and project the main focus. Then you can surround it with your materials. If you have a bunch of small things and don't want to spread out too widely, another option is to create a raised surface behind your project to display them (simple wood or cloth covered surfaces usually work fairly well).

 

I don't have images of displays in the past, so I am recreating one with the scroll for the above documentation, though without my little labels.

 

(Image coming soon - once I track down the scroll & materials)