MID-REVIEW FEEDBACK

After mid-review I feel calmer and more confident with what I am doing. At that moment my work is graded as a merit, from which I am very happy. My feelings about my work were the same as my tutor. I know which parts of the grading criteria I am strong with, and which one I need to develop further. 

Context: I think I have a good understanding and knowledge of subject used in my work, but I know that I need to update my bibliography to be clearer. 

Research: At that moment is in the merit level, I think I should make more sense of what I have (by making mood boards and concept boards). I need also continue the theme in the next sketchbook. I want to take parts that are the most inspiring and add even more research to it but connected with the design development. 

Problem-solving: Is at the pass level, so I definitely need to work on that. I will experiment more with sampling, tomorrow I have planned the whole in prototyping. I will be doing embroidery, heat pressing and maybe laser-cutting. I want to have materials to work with, and trying which one works, and which not really. 

Planning and Production: Merit level, it's coherent and reasoned planning. What I planned is very realistic, and when I was planning I was thinking about my ups and downs and having time to fix some mistakes so I'm really happy where I am now. I'm is not stressed about the deadline. Working with learner planners is very helpful, thanks to that I can plan my time effectively and see clearly where I am, and how much work is left. I need to add my learner planners to the blog. 

Practical skills: Pass level. I agree with that completely. I am on my half-way through, I've just started my design development so I think I can easily develop my work from this moment. I will use the methods that I have learned during my foundation. I will start from stand work, taking photos, photographs, and drawing, then I will move to Frankenstein collages, and working between 2D and 3D. 

Evaluation and reflection: Merit level, I need to organize my blog, add photographs, to enable the reader to visualize where I was with my work. Posts need to be longer, and more reflective. 

Presentation: Pass level, I need to select what parts of my research I want to continue and develop, I need to stick some pages because they're falling apart. Concept boards!! They will show where my main idea is. Maybe print it like I've done my portfolio? 

WEEK 5

At the beginning of the week, I had a group meeting, where we were talking about our work (where we are, how it's going etc.). We were writing feedback for 3 people in the group. I found this time quite helpful, by writing feedback for my friends I started thinking about my own work, and how I can improve it. By looking at different sketchbooks I changed my mind, and I wanted to start design development.

At the beginning of the project, I didn't want to do any clothing. I was overwhelmed by the number of projects, and I needed something new, but when I felt free about what I can do I really want to make something wearable. I am thinking about connecting the idea of the installation with the piece of clothing. I captured that in my project I love layers. Everything I'm doing has a lot of layers made from various materials. I am thinking about making a dress which will demonstrate the time, but not in an obvious way. I want to create textiles inspired by my journeys, feelings.

I loved some of the sketchbooks I saw in the group tutorial. It was some good work there. I felt that I was in a good place, and everything was done correctly, but I should definitely develop my work further.  I decided to make more samples and experiment with different techniques. I watched many videos of artists working, which helped mine with finding new ideas.

By the end of this week, I want to make sense of my sketchbook, add more samples that will illustrate my ideas. From Tuesday I want to start design development, and adding more research. I want to make these two sketchbooks creating one story, but more visible on the garments, and more clear. In that moment my sketchbook is creating the story, but it's really broad. I was thinking about the time in case of 'how to illustrate it', vanishing people from the photos, which means that some people we meet in our love are no longer there. Sometimes it's sad, but sometimes we can meet the new ones, that can stay and change our lives forever. I want my sketchbook to be really personal, I will add photos of people from my life, they were creating amazing maps, the connections between them was sometimes astonishing. I connected the idea of maps, that I have used during my trip into the mountains with the relations between the people.

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EASTER BREAK

During my easter, I have been in Poland. I visited few galleries in Warsaw and found some interesting artists, but the most interesting and inspiring was my trip to mountains. It was amazing how beeing in so calm place, can make you feel inspired. While hiking I was looking at the big mountains, the river, and a small waterfall. I was feeling there so small, with no influence on what's around me. The water there was running so fast, the birds were singing. But the rest was motionless. It was such a different reality. The time was passing there differently. I took a lot of pictures of rocks, water. I was looking at the structure, started sketching and painting. I loved the energy of the place, how weird but at the same time amazing it was. What more, while riding the car, and beeing surrounded by this magic world I felt like I am in the movie. It reminded me about the idea of life as a theatre. It's my own journey, and maybe the time doesn't exist at all? It's all the movie tape, but when it ends?  I finished my research sketchbook filled with photos from my trip, I started making samples of textures inspired by the photos.

My plan for next week is to start next new sketchbook and make sense of what I have done previously. I will scan some pages, photoshop them and make concept boards. It will be my starting point. At the beginning of the project, I was thinking about making an installation. Something similar to the work of Josh Faught. I anted to make the tapestry, but now I fell like it's not what I want to do. I connected the idea of the time, fate and nature and found some really interesting shapes and textures. After creating concept board I will develop my ideas further by working on a stand, taking pictures, photoshopping them and drawing.  I have imagined dress with a lot of layers according to my 'time' and 'reality' themes. I want to make it colorful and textured.

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