Cherry Tenneson Report

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Cherry Tenneson also known best as Tenneson & Dale started off as working in a factory producing signs, as she had a passion for signs. she worked there for 5 years producing signs for NHS and Job Centre Plus, she left two years ago and then started working in gallerys and shops making vinyl letters for notice boards. She was kind enough to tell us about the work you were expected to produce, what worked and what didnt. Cherry Tenneson explained that for best results its best not to go any smaller then 12cm for vinyl cutting and that foam ex is the easiest material to work with, she went on to tell us about things you must consider like if you were to do lettering for a window you must make sure that the text is printed back to front and that if the text is a large piece make sure it is rolled with the text on top because when it is underneath the tend to move and that will then effect the lettering. There are different ways of applying vinyl you can either put it down dry, which then you would roll it on or you can sitck it down wet and with that you would then have a squeegee for pushing all the water out. She also explained that canvas is one of the hardest things to get vinyl on it and that you have to have patience with viynl to get the best results.
Cherry Tenneson is well known now as Tenneson & Dale as they have made pieces for the stockport art gallery and corner house Manchester. Their work is know based on politics and has a more graphic approach with graphs and charts.
I think the work she does know is very simple but very clever as well and their use of viynl is inspiring!