6 WEEKS TO GO!

Just about to head into the last 6 weeks before I install my MA degree show and thought you’d like to hear what I’ve been upto this week.

In the studio this week...

• I gathered all my work thus far together ready for a crit on Tuesday, it was really helpful to see how it all fitted together, as this work is more about the whole than each individual element (but of course you only work on it one piece at a time). I discovered a whole list of things that need adapting and changing, from sizes to colour to functionality.
  

• The crit was a chance to talk about all the planning and working out that I’ve been doing, as well as the physical art making - talking through risk assessment, showing my 3D and 5D models of what I’m aiming at and giving my reasoning for wanting the particular space I have my eye on for the exhibition. It was also a great chance to see everyone else work as I have very little overlap with my fellow students.

• Following this crit we now need to write a final exhibition proposal, otherwise known as a 'Case for a Space’, outlining all the details of what, where, why and how.
  
• I created a fresh studio schedule for myself of what to try to make each week, this is an ideal plan with an understanding that it may well not be realistic and might need downsizing nearer the time!

• I spent hours making a hanging pod with fluffy wool and then collected my daughter from her playdate only to see that they had lampshades that looked exactly the same as my “original art pod” in their front room!
  
• I had a play with Polymorph - plastic pellets that melt and mould, and created another hanging pod.
  
• I also worked with black glue gun sticks and curtain rings, wire and free motion embroidery - loosing track of how many projects I’m in the middle of right now!

How’s it going?…

1. I feel more excited this week (most of the time). I found moving into a new studio space, gathering my work thus far together and sharing my plans with my tutors/students really helped make it feel real and soon (in a good way). I’ve also really enjoyed cracking on with so many mediums and playing/experimenting with ideas.
   
2. Of course many things went wrong, I’m exploring new materials and then adapting and fighting them into submission until I achieve what I’m aiming to, but this takes time and repetition and a lot of problem solving. I feel like my dyslexia helps me in moments like this - it instills in you a problem solving approach to life and a determination that won’t give up when things don’t work first time!
3. I’m finding my crowdfunding campaign is a helpful nudge to be more organised with sharing this project with my audience. I’m doing a weekly studio visit video, weekly blog and trying to keep more on top of sharing what I’m unto on a daily basis - whether this produces contributors for funding or not, it feels a positive thing to be sharing these exciting times with my friends and followers, and even to be documenting it for myself.
   

Facts & figures (not that I’m counting!):

• 3 weeks until my exhibition space is confirmed
  
• 6 weeks until I install my show
• 1st September my show opens
• 16th September show comes down + supporting documentation is handed in
• 10 weeks until my holiday

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See you next week for the next instalment!