Evaluation

Throughout my work, my main focus has been development. I thoroughly researched contextual information and artists to help improve this and push my ideas into a more professional outcome.  My work includes an even colour pallet by simply sticking to tonal ranges – this was inspired by various artists that do the same, including; Alba Pratt. I found that by using tonal ranges, it allowed me to think outside the box with how to compose my work and allow colour to be effective, I also found that the textures within my work were also simple like Alba Pratt, however I don’t naturally connect with Fashion, and have tried to progress my work down various paths allowing exploration to find my strengths and weaknesses. Additionally I found that my main strengths with the project was with laser cutting as it mainly suggests pattern, in spite of this the technical part of the laser cutting took a while to become accustomed to – I will carry this through my work to enable a higher skill level.

The 100  drawings that were set as an initial starting point were extremely helpful and were a reference point for me throughout my sketchbooks – I will carry this through in every piece of work I do now, as it makes the development that much easier when your ideas become strained. I also realized the difficulty of animation, and that maybe I’m a more craft based designer.

The contextual research which I produced allowed me to realize the potential that the drawings and structures I produced encompasses – even if parts of the work that I produced weren’t as efficacious as expected, I could still manipulate them into something else, even just by simply taking a photograph. I also gained knowledge in how to document work properly, and that photographs can turn a piece of work into something amazing, and more pleasing to the observer – photographs suggest something different allowing people to decide their own interpretations. My material choices were therefore decided by my photographs as I found the contrast with the leather that I used had an immense effect and documented really easily.

Within the first few weeks of this project I completely struggled with time management, I found that I wasn’t utilizing my independent study to the full uses within the studios. This was due to how I handled the Mixed Media project – I found the 3D work difficult to deal with and as a result I felt restrained. However after a few group tutorials I realized the project was open to anything so I started to explore more ideas and became absorbed into my work and found that there weren’t enough hours in the week to experiment with everything. I have used lateral thinking throughout my work; I found that my samples couldn’t be physically realized so I displayed this through quick sketches.