Evaluation

This project has taken me in many different directions but I feel I have produced some good quality work and I have thoroughly enjoy the process. I am happy that I got to try so many different methods of making in the unit and I will be pleased to further develop these ideas in Unit X. Within the Project I have found new ways of drawing and expressing myself, using material I would have never normally considered, such as thread, hair and glue. I started off this project strongly driven by my experiences in Auschwitz it fuelled my inspiration. I feel like my project developed and moved in a very organic way and it is a strong body of work. I think through out this project I have worked hard to produce work that is creative and relevant. My blog and sketchbook have been very useful tools in the project. I like working out of a sketchbook as it helps me keep track of my thought and ideas. I can see how my work develops and progresses as my idea change and grown. In the future I will have to work on getting out of my sketchbook.

For my deadline I produce a large-scale drawing, in a number of days, I enjoyed creating a drawing on such a large scale and look forward to my next opportunity to make one. I think the main thing I learned from this unit is that in order to develop work that pushes me as a textiles student, I need to step out my comfort zone, whether it be working with a new technique, process or material, I think it’s just being open minded and seeing what the results are. I would never know how much I loved drawing in hair and thread otherwise. I feel like I could have developed my ideas further by using colour and different types of thread, what I did learn is that I very much enjoyed this project and I would happily carry it on through portraiture on a very large scale.

Looking back on my project I wish I could have done more experimentation with scale and glue, I only ever did one small glue sample and I would have enjoyed to do a large scale sample.

My contextual and artist references have helped me a great deal in this project as they have given me vision and inspiration, they helped me develop my ideas and produce more work. I rely on them to inspire me when I am stuck. I have found that the best way for me to work is in the studio, I get in later than the rest but I make up for it after hours, I find it easier to work when the studio is quiet and there is plenty of space to spread out and it’s a good working environment.