As a prolific poet and artist with thousands of works, it is important if you want to do something with them, such as making books/ wallpapers/etc to make digital copies of originals and keep them in an order where you can find and use them. My process is to tag each book or group with a code, and add that code with then a corresponding number for each work.
I have been through two large chunks of inventory input before long travels. The most recent was when I got into my storage unit with years of vintage works to capture. Usually once a book is complete the pix and tags are completed, but here was a big slog!
PROCESS OF INVENTORY:
Step 1. To create thousands of pieces of poetry and art. As an artist, and to do so also with your kid.
Step 2. To take photos of each creation. Two pix or more to make sure have it captured. (Before then traveling overseas for an unknown time, so can work on whilst abroad and create freEbooks/ wallpaper///)
Step 3. Store each book or group in a ziplock baggy with inventory code marked on each, e.g. Art A1. For different kinds of groups/ size of works I often use a different code eg Art B1.
Step 4. To title every piece into the inventory. With subsequent numbers for each piece, eg Art A1 1. And for multiple pix of the same piece adding a letter, eg Art1 1a. For poems with titles, add also the title after the inventory code, so can search and find by title eg Art A1 1 Perfectly Plausable
Step 5. Turn each photo as intended.
Step 6. Another important aspect is a document. With an index of each book/ group e.g. Art A1 and all others in running order.
Step 7. Below the index within the same document, expand upon each group with the image numbers eg Art A1 1. and all others in running order. This is especially important with poetry, with which also include the title of the piece.
INVENTORY COMPLETE:
Groups that have been through the inventory process in last few months (2018): B35, B38, Art A2, Art B5, Art B6, Art B7, Art B8, Art B9, Art C1, Art C2, Art C3, Art C4, Art C5, Art C6, Art C7, Art C8, Art C9, Art C10, Art C11, Art D1, Art D2, Art D3, Art E1, Art E2, Art E3, Art E4, Art E5, Art E6, Art E7, Art E8, Art E9, Art E10, Art E11, Art E12, Art E13, Art F1, Art F2, ARC A7, ARC A9, ARC A10, ARC C1, ARC C2, ARC C3, ARC C4, ARC C5, ARC C6, ARC D1, ARC D2, ARC D3, ARC D4, ARC E1, ARC F1, ARC F2.
THEN SELECT AND USE.
Step 8. Select favorite images, poems/ art to use, and copy into separate folder.
Step 9. Edit each image, crop, manipulate as desire to do justice to tone of piece.
Step 10. The process of selecting the order for pieces in a book, range or themes etc is another story. TBC.
Art unshared is like a good idea yet undone.
Here’s to the releases ahead^*
Below is the index of my inventory at the time of writing (2018):
A1 Black Leatherbound
A2 Yellow Spiralbound
A3 Red and Black 2B8
A4 Small Tan Suedebound
A5 Warm Brown Leatherbound
A6 Maroon Patterned from Tori
B1 Orange Spiralbound A6
B2 Orange Spiralbound A6
B3 Black Spiralbound A6
B4 Black Spiralbound A6
B5 Black Spiralbound A6
B6 Black Spiralbound A6
B7 Black Spiralbound A6
B8 Black Spiralbound A6
B9 Black Spiralbound A6
B10 Black Spiralbound A6
B11 Black Spiralbound A6
B12 Black Spiralbound A6
B13 Black Spiralbound A6
B14 Black Spiralbound A6
B15 Black Spiralbound A6
B16 Black Spiralbound A6
B17 Black Spiralbound A6
B18 Black Spiralbound A6
B19 Black Spiralbound A6
B20 Black Spiralbound A6
B21 Black Spiralbound A6
B22 Black Spiralbound A6
B23 Black Spiralbound A6
B24 Black Spiralbound A6
B25 Black Spiralbound A6
B26 Black Spiralbound A6
B27 Black Spiralbound A6
B28 Black Spiralbound A6
B29 Black Spiralbound A6 (Lost Book 2007) (Some photos taken)
B30 Black Spiralbound A6
B31 Black Spiralbound A6
B32 Black Spiralbound A6
B33 Black Spiralbound A6
B34 Black Spiralbound A6
B35 Black Spiralbound A6
B36 Black Spiralbound A6
B37 Pink Spiralbound A6
B38 Black Spiralbound A6
C1 Tan Small Paperback Moleskine
C2 Tan Small Paperback Moleskine
C3 Tan Small Paperback Moleskine
C4 Tan Small Paperback Moleskine
C5 Deep Red Small Paperback Moleskine
C6 Deep Red Small Paperback Moleskine
C7 Deep Red Small Paperback Moleskine
D1 Fairy Styled Photo Album
D2 Anne Geddes Photo Album
D3 Black Spiralbound A5
D4 Orange Folder
D5 Tan Medium Paperback Moleskine
D6 Red Indian Fabric Covered
D7 Blue File Folder
D8 Clearfile Slip
D9 Loose Pages from Central America
D9 (Part2) Loose Pages from Central America
D9 (Part3) Loose Pages from Central America
D10/D9 Loose Pages ACCIDENTAL DOUBLE (fix when have originals)
D11 Yellow bag of very old stuff from at Coatesville (put later as get into clearfile folders)
E1 Poems Gifted
F1 Typed Poems UNWRITTEN
F2 Poems on old tan coloured floppy floppy disk from in NZ
Art A1 FedEx Box of paintings
Art A2 Melbourne group of paintings
Art B1 A3 CAMPAP book
Art B2 A3 Free pages
Art B3 A4 monte marte book
Art B4 A4 Free page (s)
Art B5 A4 monte marte sketch book
Art B6 A4 Free page
Art B7 B5 Free page
Art B8 A3 Free pages
Art B9 A3 Free pages
Art C1 Clearfile Folder
Art C2 Clearfile Folder
Art C3 Clearfile Folder
Art C4 Clearfile Folder
Art C5 Clearfile Folder
Art C6 Clearfile Folder
Art C7 Clearfile Folder
Art C8 Clearfile Folder
Art C9 Clearfile Folder
Art C10 Clearfile Folder
Art C11 Clearfile Folder
Art D1 Book 1A5
Art D2 Book 1B5
Art D3 Book 1E5
Art E1 Loose Small Page Group
Art E2 Loose Small Page Group
Art E3 Loose Small Page Group
Art E4 Loose Small Page Group
Art E5 Loose Small Page Group
Art E6 Loose Small Page Group
Art E7 Loose Small Page Group
Art E8 Very Little Golden Book
Art E9 Loose Small Page Group
Art E10 Loose Small Page Group
Art E11 Loose Small Page Group
Art E12 Loose Small Page Group
Art E13 Loose Small Page Group
Art F1 Clay Sculptures PAINTED
Art F2 Clay Sculptures NOT PAINTED
ARC ART & COLLABS
ARC A1 A5 Purple Journal
ARC A2 A5 Monte Marte
ARC A3 A5 Brown Cover
ARC A4 A5 Brown Cover
ARC A5 A4 Quill
ARC A5 A4 Monte Marte (A8 SEE BELOW)
ARC A6 A4 Quill (Pastel)
ARC A7
ARC A8 (ARC A5) Monte Marte (SEE ABOVE)
ARC A9 A4 Lins Old Workbook (Arc A7 Double)
ARC A10 A5 Monte Marte
ARC B1 A6 Quill
ARC B2 A6 Quill
ARC B3 A6 Monte Marte
ARC C1 A3
ARC C2 A3
ARC C3 A3 Black Pages
ARC C4 A3 (Incomplete)
ARC C5 A3 (Incomplete)
ARC C6 +A3 Calendar
ARC D1 Loose pages in folder
ARC D2 A3 Loose pages
ARC D3 Group of small works
ARC D4 Toilet Words
ARC E1 Melbourne Paintings Solo
ARC F1 Clay Sculptures (Melbourne)
ARC F2 Clay Sculptures (Melbourne) PAINTED BY ARC, FORMED BY CHRISTO
In the future will add video and dictaphone tapes:
Video A1 Group of Video Tapes (era in NZ) physical film cassettes, approx 20 tapes
Audio A1 Group of Dictaphone Tapes (era in NZ) physical film cassettes, approx 20 tapes