I took the new viewing area a step further by cutting a circular piece of white posterboard large enough to form a background for the whole piece I need to see. The sculpture stand turntable isn't very big, and it's black. Right away I could see things on the white background that I'd missed on the black. The posterboard sagged some, of course, so I replaced it with a circle cut out of white foamboard.
Here's the finished viewing area. What a difference it makes in being able to see what to do next with a piece in progress.
The sculpture stand is on sale now for $100. I bought it on sale another year, so as to be able to mold paper on a turntable with adjustable height. With these new pieces, it's really been useful for viewing work in progress.
Photography background paper would be a nice alternative for the background, so as to have no seams. But the two big sheets of foamboard will work well at least for now. I used screws to fasten them to the foil covered insulation board panel. I use these foil covered insulation panels as portable easels and as ways to tack up a lot of drawings or paintings in the studio. Sometimes quick India ink "analog paintings" with a sumi brush are just the thing for exploring how to communicate a certain feeling. But that's another story.
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