Part Five of the course gives you the opportunity to review all your work from the previous four parts and to produce in response a new portfolio of textile samples together with a written statement. Together, these will represent the summation and refinement of your study so far.
The body of work you produce in this part of the course should:
- articulate your growing awareness of the areas of textile practice that you feel are your strengths and have potential for further development
I’m confident that my work in project 5 has built on my strengths. It was really valuable to look at my work as a whole, interesting that it hung together well as a body of work, however it was very evident to me that the strongest area of my work is responding to and experimenting with materials to create 3D forms. I think my enjoyment of the investigative process give this work a freshness and feeling of playfulness.
- identify how you’ll tackle any weaknesses
I’m comfortable that I have developed a much stronger process in developing my work and although it looks to me to follow a very clear development process , I could be more detailed and eloquent in my self critique. This is something that has been clarified in this module that I can act on in subsequent projects. Planning written work will help with the overwhelming feeling of having to say so much and feeling the need to write everything at once. I need more clarity in my written responses.
- evidence a growing ability to articulate in writing the concerns of your work and the areas of research and practice you wish to pursue at your next level of study
- demonstrate your growing understanding of how critical reflection supports making as part of the creative process.
…perfectly illustrated here – I seem to have addressed part of this response as part of the previous response… At my next level of study I am keen to develop further the exploration of context, I have a need to work in a logical fashion , making decisions based on clear reasoning. I initially found the process of responding to different themes such as music, words quite restrictive and it stopped me thinking creatively. Having reflected on the results I now understand how starting points can inform my creative process.
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We want you to go for quality over quantity in your final portfolio submission, i.e. toproduce a succinct body of work that evidences and clearly articulates your learning.
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It was only after experiencing all the assignments that any of them fell into place. Reflecting wholistically I can see how patterns and connections started forming in my brain and when working on project 5 these threads wove together into a very coherent piece.
Tales from the landscape. This is how I now understand the work of Polly bins, Barbara Hepworth, et al. Informed by the place they have chosen in the world, landscape as muse?
Work based on a poem or song lyrics in ass2 had me completely floored, however a particular refrain ‘said the crow on the cradle’ added context to the found rusted military buckle. My response, was to the found object, and the landscape – I could not have taken the refrain and decided to find those objects to work with.(this would seem more like shopping than making art)
The completed piece may not induce an observer to think ‘crow on a cradle’ yet it was an inherent part of the journey.
Does it answer what is being asked of you? Crow was a clear development of earlier samples. Also a culmination of the other sample developments in project 5 that worked to lead me into the development process. Although visually different the orange murmuration/wing was of the landscape – I’d quite like to do some drawing with it – perhaps using black ink on huge paper to create abstract flight images. The rust drawings also led me towards flight and all pieces alluded to tension in someway, physically within the shapes but also the tension in the balance of human v nature.
Demonstration of technical and visual skills: Materials, techniques, observational skills, visual awareness, design and compositional skills.
I have demonstrated a range of visual skills, a range of drawings in different media, good understanding and use of colour, clear photography , interesting collage techniques.
Quality of outcome: Content, application of knowledge, presentation of work in a coherent manner, discernment, conceptualisation of thoughts and communication of ideas.
I feel that I’ve really started to understand my own creative process and towards the end of this course was able to apply new ideas to the development of an interesting body of work that clearly built on the learning of earlier tasks. My realisation of ideas is stronger than my communication of the underlying thought processes.
Demonstration of creativity: Imagination, experimentation, invention, development of a personal voice.
I have taken risks with materials enabling the production of an interesting body of work. I took on board the production of quality rather than quantity allowing time for reflection of specific details .
Context: Reflection, research and critical thinking.
I feel that actually my critical thinking skills are growing stronger, ability to analyse, and synthesis of information is clear in the way my work is developing. Communicating this less so. It was interesting been directed to use mind maps, this suits my way of thinking perfectly, it is a struggle to transcribe this wider thinking into a linear form.