Evaluation; sampling project

When i found out that this evaluation i was at first a bit on edge, the first time kate read it she said it was a bit too much like a diary post, but having re-read it i have decided not to edit it in any way. These were my thoughts and feeling at the time and i feel it would be wrong to change it.




When I first read the sampling brief I was initially excited and couldn’t wait to get my teeth into something new and fresh. For me creating samples was something that came naturally and I could do it with ease, with this in mind I decided that I would try my hand at the Hand Processes workshop. I thought that this would be easy for me as I could whip up a number of samples in a short space of time, I quickly learnt this was not the case.

I struggled to take to the brief and found myself at a bit of a standstill. I couldn’t create samples and didn’t see how I could relate the workshop to my project. Looking at the textures and shapes of rocks, taken from my words ‘Populated:Unpopulated’.

I feel that I have really let myself down in the first part of this project and haven’t utilised my time wisely. The Christmas holiday and an unexpected, quite bad illness didn’t help.

I felt really enthusiastic at the project launch and hand a number of great ideas running around in my head, hopefully I will put these ideas into action when I start my fourth and final workshop, intermediate weave, something I cant wait to get started on again!

During the hand processes workshop we were asked to do a presentation, a daunting prospect considering I had no ‘good’ work as such to show. I decided the best plan of action was to just be honest and to admit to the group that I hadn’t enjoyed the workshop as much as id hoped. I used the words ‘worst 4 weeks of the whole course’ something which I think the tutors really appreciated! I gave a frank account of my thoughts and feelings and I think my fellow students found this refreshing, I wasn’t going to beat around the bush, I didn’t like it and I said so!

With only a few days left to go in this half of the project I am really focused and want to get as many creative samples done as physically possible. I now have a clear idea in my head; I want to use found objects and somehow incorporate them into my samples, creating texture, colour and depth. I think it quite difficult trying to tie to completely separate ideas together,  but ive learnt that things don’t have to be tied together, as long as my ideas are clear to the audience that’s enough.

If I were to start the project again, I probably would still do the same workshop, I think I would just be more open minded and see the workshop as a stepping stone, not a hindrance!