Reflection/ Evaluation

Figure 1: Photograph taken at Shabby 2 Chic.

I collaborated with my placement, to add a new dimension to my collaborative practice outside of art and design students. The collaboration works towards refurbishing furniture.

This collaboration helps push through my narrative as a practitioner and focuses more on recycling than creating a new piece alongside a three dimensional designer.

See figure 1. 

I have developed a range of skills such as; putting my fabric design on to furniture. 

I find myself working well in this project by good time management and planning, working effectively towards at least a final piece, for the stool was the main visual idea. 

However, the chair of my repeated design will not be part of my collection for the exhibition. This has informed me about the scales and timeframes of a work this size which I will use as a benchmark in future projects. 

For the theme of Whitworth limited editions came across much stronger through the cherry blossom based design.

In comparison to previous designs and sketches I completed, I have put my winter design on to a stool, as an example of the potential of my design in an interior design direction.

 

Figure 2: Autumn

I achieved in making all three collections unseasonal, related and yet individual.

The success of the winter design inspired me to develop the Autumnal work.

Figure 3: Details of Autumn

I pushed myself to carry on developing my skills and taken the risk and carry on working on the autumn theme, for I have taken the time to look back at each stages and realising the autumn season is a confusing season, for the plant are dying, but still growing.

I pushed my inhibitions aside to keep developing the work despite the feeling that I was doing too much to it.  I believe this helped me create a new balance.

Figure 4: The making

This is the piece before I developed it into its new look. We sanded the feet to make them smother to match the edging of the woodwork.

Figure 5: Underneath of the stool

In relation to raising the professional quality of my work.  I decided to analyse the piece from every angle and so used a print on a piece of paper to cover the joins. These are napkins, covered in PVA glue to give a final gloss and to finish the piece off. This print is related to my own design, which enabled me to realise the commercial impact of my work. Other artists are using the techniques I have developed within this project and it helps me identify that my work has relativity to the industry.

Federation house exhibition