Day: May 1, 2020

Reflective Final Statement

Overall I have enjoyed refining my work in this module, being given the time and chance to completely change parts of it was beneficial to my development and skills. With the short time frame at Christmas, I felt like my work was rushed and could have used more tutor input to improve it, which was made difficult due to illness. With the feedback I was given, I worked to improve every element of my work to a professional level.

My patterns were definitely a strong point in this module, I think I really pushed myself and managed to create a strong set of patterns, finally learning how to do a half drop and learning better to co-ordinate my colours and balance the colours throughout the collection. I also learnt more about scale throughout and put this to better use when thinking of my product mock ups.  My mock ups were also a good point, it can be very difficult to find the right images online, so I made my own paper products and fabric ones too so I could get the high quality images and be able to arrange and place them as much as I want, which definitely worked to my advantage, especially in a time where no one will see them as a real prototype.

I always think my markmaking can be more experimental, I try to expand my techniques every time but I struggle sometimes to carry on when I feel like I have created something right. I struggled with letting go of my old designs after the feedback, the motifs took hours to make each one and I was convinced I could make them work. Looking now at my designs before and after feedback, they have been so developed into something I am happy with, but I had to adapt my thinking and style to let that happen, which was hard to do.

My time management is usually something I am proud of, with my illness I did find it harder to keep on time of things, and then coronavirus caused issues in terms of living arrangements and suitable space to work in my house, but due to being stuck in the house, I found I was able to stick to my personal timetable better and got a lot done each day. I do wish I had set more time aside for stitching, as it is a process that I enjoy but did not feel like it was getting me anywhere towards an outcome, so I did not want to dedicate a lot of time to it. Had I had the opportunity, I would have liked to use the digital stitch machines perhaps over my patterns to see what I could have added to the finish of them for the mini fabric collection. Overall, I am happy with my outcomes and my digital skills in particular being built this module, and look forward to building my final module collection too. K�X0tnj�

Introduction to Exposure

I was so excited for the final module of my whole three-year degree, the freedom and the ability to just work on this one project, for months on end. You could imagine my disappointment when I became ill for a few months, and fell behind in my other modules, so had to make the decision to go part-time, and complete this module next year instead.

Coronavirus changed everything, I was already well-adapted to working at home when everyone else began to, and I found I made a lot of progress in my Consultancy module, in terms of learning how to design well and getting things ready well before the deadline. After some phonecalls and chats, it was decided that I could return to my full-time status, with an extension to get my final module done.

This was in itself a tough decision too, next year I would have more access to the studios and equipment, I enjoy digital stitch and have not really had a chance to use it this year either due to illness. I would also be able to take part in the show next year. I thought about what I would do after I finished this year, I wanted to move in with my boyfriend ideally, but would need to commute when January came then, and find somewhere to stay a couple of nights a week to reduce my travel time. When I accepted this part-time status, the idea of a post-graduate degree completely left my mind, doing an extra yer again may put my life plans on hold for even longer, so I feel like now I could graduate, have some time to try and develop my own business and possibly do a postgraduate the year after.

I have encountered some problems working from home already, including my workspace, a fight with my mother over her puzzle table resulted in my own table, which does fill up very quickly if I am switching between laptop work and painting. I am finding gaps in my supplies too, missing a couple of thread colours is normal but for this module, I want a full range of naturals and browns, so I have had to order these, so ordered some more colour scheme colours as well and some embroidery backing, I do not like using newspaper.

On the plus side, lockdown means I cannot see my boyfriend, or friends, the weather has been nice which has meant my family is spending a lot more time outdoors so I get some quiet as well. There are a lot of hours in the day and I spend a lot of them working, but enjoying it as well and just stopping for a little walk in the garden or some food when I feel like it. My sleeping pattern has got a little later lately, I always phone my boyfriend at ten every night and usually go to bed after this but I do not sleep early, so I end up waking up in the late morning, I think working on this will give me more of a normal working day, with more sunlight!

I plan to do a post every Sunday night planning the next week ahead, for now, the next week or so will be researching into the theme of endangered species in the UK and doing general customer, competitor and product research too, as well as editing my self-set brief and creating moodboards.

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