Easters over

Back to Leeds.
This week I have come back to Leeds. I came back a week early so that I could try and get some more research work done and not have any distractions. I have got quite a lot done and I feel that I have progressed in the way that I was working. I am still unsure whether the content of what I have done is correct or not, but in the end I just went with my instinct and I feel that I have some good pages.
I started to experiment more with different materials and samples now and I think this has helped to progress my work. Tomorrow we are beginning the module properly, and hopefully then my work will move further forward and I will be able to gather a sense of direction.
Today we handed in our Fashion, Art and Culture module. It was weird to be back in college after such a long time. I don’t really have much motivation at the moment, but I’m going to need to get some because we have two modules in this last term.
We also have to work on our PPD1 module. Even though this is selecting work from previous modules, there will still be a lot to learn and quite a lot of things that we will have to do.
However I am looking forward to getting back into some work and having something to do.
I finally received my elective mark back today. I got 68% which I was really pleased with, I felt that the mark was well deserved and that my work reflected it.
I have got to get used to getting up early again now, as this term is really going to take it out of me.

Easter holidays

Easter Break
These two weeks has been quite weird, I have come home for two weeks, so that I can see my family and friends but I still have research and work to finish off. It’s quite annoying that there is always something that has to be done by the time that we get back. I wanted just some time to be able to relax and not have anything to worry about. However it doesn’t always happen like that. So me being me, I worry that I will never get it finished so I use up all of the time I have trying to get it all finished at the same time, even though I know I have plenty of time after this to be able to do it.
I went out the other day to a forest/lake area so that I could take some photos of natural metamorphosis. I found some really interesting things and have taken some great shots that I am going to include into my research sheets. We were given three themes of metamorphosis to explore, I have found that the theme of magic and witchcraft has come to be the hardest and I had no Idea in how to present that on the sheets, so I have stuck to natural decay and change as I found this easier to work with and I have lots more ideas that I can use.
I am still finding this project quite tricky to get to grips with, It does make it harder working away from people on your course, because you work off their energies and ideas, and then you feel like you’re on the same track as someone else and you don’t feel as though you’re going in the wrong direction.
When I get back up into Leeds I hope to see some of the other people from my course and have a look at what they have done and see if I am along the right lines, and if not then I will still have a week once I am back to try and amend some of what I have done. The making side of this project I think I am going to really enjoy, because we are making it out of unconventional materials and making something creative and that doesn’t have to be wearable, there is a lot more freedom and I think that I work well with this type of task and environment.

Final Image

photo shoot

Photo shoot
Critical studies essay, DONE! I was so relieved to have finally given in my essay. I really struggled with the essay, just with structuring the essay and putting what I wanted to say into essay form and with the correct critical terms. I always felt that I wasn’t being critical enough, or that I was leaving things out in my essay, so I’m not sure how well I will have got on with it. Once I had completed my first draft, after unwillingness and annoyance, I felt that I didn’t want to go over it again or change anything that I had done. So I did look through again after my tutorial, just to put things into better paragraphs and link some of the quotes and ideas together so that it wasn’t to bitty and discordant. However I didn’t change any of the content as I felt that there wasn’t anything else that I could get out of the subject and I didn’t want to add another angle to my piece as I felt that there were already too many as it was. I was pleased to give it in and I am just going to wait for the feedback so that next year when the mark counts for part of the grade I will have a better idea of what to do.
Also this week I got to do my photo shoot. I really enjoyed doing this, styling the image, deciding on the set and the props. It was good to try doing new things, and photography is something that I take real enjoyment from.
I tried 3 different types of shots, and the final image I chose was the one that I felt portrayed my message the best way. My model fitted with the image very well, and had an attitude that portrayed the character well which I think shows in the image. I think that I want to use the photography studios more frequently and maybe photograph the work I have done this year in different scenarios and then use them in my presentation for my PPD1.
I have now come home for Easter and I am looking forward to having a few days rest and relaxation and then I can get back into doing some work for the next project. I’m still finding it quite difficult but I am going to get some journals and magazines tomorrow and maybe some good image selection will help me progress.