2 day project

Over the past two days we have been completing a quick group project. Our topic was disassemble and reassembled; I really enjoyed the project as we were put into new groups with people we do not normally work with. It made me think and act a lot faster because you don’t have a lot of time to think, this was a very good exercise on building my confidence and just going with an idea. The first day was to disassemble a place item or image and on Tuesday we then had to reassemble the item back together, however on the second day we then switched our work with another group, so it sort of strained us to not just focus on our own ideas, but on others as well.

Last week

i have been completing some work to send off with CT and I'm really excited about it. i will be using it as my personal project also and complete a different one during uni time. My work is all about the use of tobacco and how it can effect peoples lives. i have used tobacco as the medium also, and that's what I'm so excited about.

site project

This was a one week project, it felt quite rushed but i like how we just had to do it quickly and there was not any time to panic! I made a sign that went in the plants that have been walked on, it asked, "please do not step on me!", however to get the sign in i did have to walk all over them! This was a nice exercize to get us all back into the swin of uni!

Christmas gone

Over the holidays I have focused on getting myself back up to speed and completing the journal for its hand in date. I have been experimenting with some photography over the winter but that is towards my personal project and my own curiosities! I have also competed my new CV ready to apply for lots of volunteer opportunities and I’m planning on starting off the new year well!

Result!!!! Wednesday 22nd December

I have had my tutorial on my review and I was really pleased. I need to do lots more work on my ideas that I have explained in my journal, but the feedback was positive I do need to be more time conscious though and make more of an effort when choosing the medium I work with as looking back it does seem confusing but everyone agrees that I have made a good start and there is lots of historical research behind this to help me with my project so I’m very lucky.

Review Monday 6th Dec

On Thursday I had my review it went well but I felt like some of the materials I used confused people as to my point. I used a lot of thread and I think people thought that was not consistent with the tobacco theme, however I like the ideas behind my piece but I can see their point. I’m glad its doe now I feel a lot more pressure off my shoulders!

It's nearly review time!

This week I have been focusing on getting my project to a point where I can display it for the exhibition. I have focused on the idea of how people are connected to the places that they have worked in particular this one factory. I have experimented with painting, sewing and working into the images in different ways. This was a process to help me discover what and where I wanted to take this project. This project is very personal to me, I wanted to create delicate prints that i could build up and change to reflect the lives and memories of the building and of the jobs that effected people’s lives.