The feedback from the first review helped me to clarify a
few of the ideas that were a bit vague. Such as what memories did I want to incorporate
in to my work? I decided that my own memories would give me a lot of range and
they are something that I feel passionate about. They give me a different kind
of motivation other than the motivation I have to make and create objects; I
can take a memory and make it tangible. The idea of what we display and what we
hide away also intrigued me. As many of the memories and photographs I am using
for inspiration are personal and private I don’t want to share them completely.
As I result of this I thought about what I would display and what I would hide
away, one of the ideas I came up with was a perhaps joining together a piece of
copper that has an imprint of a silhouette and a piece of porcelain with a
ceramic transfer of the original photograph on it. I would most likely use
these pieces as brooches and pendant that way the memory each piece represents
will be close to the heart and body. The combination of materials could be very
seductive and different I would like the pieces to be wearable but also unusual
because the ambition for my practice is to become a contemporary designer maker
of saleable small objects and jewellery.
Another idea I have been working on is to use different
imagery and materials to create small assemblages and collections. I have
gathered all of the material experiments I have done such as fly pressed forms,
porcelain tiles imprinted with silhouettes and wires gathered together to perhaps
form pieces of jewellery. I have been experimenting with different compositions
and combinations of materials and pieces. I find these groupings visually intriguing
but at the same time the materials provide a subtle colour palette so although
there’s a lot of different things going on they all relate and work together. I do need to spend time working out ways to connect
things and other technical skills I am trying to do this as and when I need to
so that my time isn’t consumed by just technical experimentation's.
My strategies for moving my ideas forward and resolving them
are to continue working on these ideas and refining and resolving them. I would
like to have a collection of pieces at the end of the project but possibly one
or two really polished and developed pieces. I need to really get behind my
ideas and stick with them, and not worry and procrastinate. I have the ideas
and test pieces but I need to select those that I want to push forward and
refine such as the ceramic and metal pieces and the assemblages I understand it
will be difficult to manage my time and I am trying to plan and use the time
left efficiently using a self-devised timetable.
In addition to my practical work I am still undertaking work
experience at a high school this is coming to an end next week. However I have
learnt a lot during my time there and realised that I have obtained a lot of
knowledge about art and design during my own time in education and feel confident
about now passing that on to others. I have secured a yearlong placement
starting this September. This is definitely the career I want to get in to and
I feel that my own practice and my ambition to teach are driving each other
forward.
