Evaluation of unit Locating

Evaluating Practice 

I have developed my way of working in this project by time management and planning and working effectively towards a final piece in the Live brief: Birley Fields commission.  I have made connections between practice, practical work and visual research. I gathered inspiration from the building focussing on their eco-friendly environment, and blended this with ideas from my sketchbook drawings and related artists. 

The Live brief project opened my mind to how to deliver ideas to a client. I was able to make the piece in a short amount of time, with set ideas and internal deadlines to meet to progress the piece through the development stages.

With introduction on both multi head machine for embroidery and digital printing, I was able to break away from using only one technique.  I am happy to combine printing and machine embroidery.

Even though I was working outside of my specialist area, I managed to use industrial scale machinery in order to meet my deadlines and clients expectations.

 

Figure 1: Miniature sample

Over this project, I have been experiencing presentation and learning the skill to sell my work to real life clients.

For my self- initiated project, I have been exploring how to illustrating in response to my interest study of birds. This unit develops narrative drawing and allows me to use these skills into imaginary drawings. These Drawings have become my blueprint, which makes me feel more confident using the machine to draw free stitch. I know feel as one with the machine to create these pieces. This is more fluent and allows my creativity with sketches be reflected within the fabric. The samples are now equally as good as the sketches.

One of my strengths is composition and how I can transfer that into drawings.

In terms of composition, in this units I did not forced myself to experiment more with different approaches. I did not had enough risk taking, I want to explore more new techniques, but at the same time I knew what is my strengths and I practice on it.

I believe presenting this work to the client was an experience in which I gained a lot of learning in terms of having to respond immediately to questions and to be able to sell a product to them.  It was novel to be in a position to sell, rather than in my studio space where I am making and people are interested by sight rather than price and scale.

Figure 2: Textile

Knowing less is more and the use of space in this scale. Looking at the figures of the birds (characters), the outline that I used was too harsh. For the eye draw into the black and dark blue area.

 

Making a large scale piece tested my knowledge of how to be aware of space and texture and how it is viewed.  

There is a larger process involved with editing a large scale piece.   

The perspective of the viewer has an impact on the type of outline I use for the body. Harsh lines have been unpicked which makes the body softer when near to the piece.  I am trying to suggest shapes and patterns rather than putting all the detail into the body itself.