Category: Assignments

Refinement and further developments following final feedback ex 3.3 – bicycle chain

In ex 3.3 I came up the the idea of using crochet which is essentially a chain stitch into a bicycle chain. I’ve used the chain here with tea, to rust stain the shape of the hills I see from my garden. While reviewing my work for assessment, I felt that I would like to take this further as I hadn’t time to develop it while refining work at exercise 5.

This found object has layers of meaning for me. The impact of bicycle tracks eroding the landscape (a bike path runs across this hill), the chains of the industrial past in the area, many metaphors like chained down, chained to the past etc.

I used the rust drawing as a rough guide and crochet chains of varying lengths to make the bike chain drape in a hill top route. The wire it hangs off is a little soft but the flexibility aided the process. I’m really excited by the form of this, it’s as if the sky is holding up the hills! Many of my photos for the gathered drawing exercise focussed on edges and this fractal is patern can be found from skyline and cloud shapes to the edges of lichen or water fall ripples.

Refinement and further developments following final feedback – ex 5.1

This piece didn’t stand the test of time, the fabric pods had held really sharp forms that got a bit bashed in the post and gently relaxed over time. I cut them away from the base form , you can see that the sub frame for the pods is quite corset like and it hadn’t given a strong enough support. I replaced it with covered wire that actually gives more of a rib cage. The pods didn’t hang well so I experimented with little strips of weathered cloth, like you see hanging on trees near natural springs, representative of lost souls , t

I quite like this effect but experimented further by stitching some of the pods in different ways to make them hold the shape more, I felt that the seed pod / fortune cookie held more of the idea of the lyrics from crow on the cradle of ‘somebody’s baby is not coming back’ . Tying one of the pods inside the cage like rib structure felt intrinsically right. I think that a little pool of the dishevelled pods in a pool underneath the hanging form like dropped leaves could be quite powerful.

Refinement and further developments following final feedback – ex 1.2

It’s obvious that having to work so quickly through the assignments that some areas would be rushed so I knew that I would be wanting to revisit some projects when preparing for final assessment.

I started by reviewing the complete course and rereading all my assignment feedbacks.

I had considered that I would go back and ‘patch things up’ however looking at my work as a whole I realised that this seemed like hoop jumping, so what I chose to develop some of my pieces further, to build on my learning rather than going backwards.

This exercise from assignment one based on place. I mapped a journey walking from my home up into the hills. The twig that I found mirrored the shape of the route and is wrapped with the colours of my observations from the brown brick houses, Tudor black and white buildings then past the green valley through the rocks following a narrowing path to the waterfall. The journey from modern society , moving back in time.

My thoughts on the organdie fabric was to portrait the growing feeling of lightness as I rose in elevation and left the depression of the modern world behind. I saw the square sections as a disassembled map – moving from ordered grid to volcanically up heaved hills. From feedback at the textiles Meetup in Bristol and from my tutor this was quite tenuous and difficult to read.

The map under the twig shows my route with a cross at the start and end.

The fabric has a black cross at the starting point in the moody dark fabric and a white cross to represent the lighter, relaxed joy of being in the wildness on the white top square, this has been distressed to represent the dissolving of my worries. The map squares are stitched with ordinance survey orange and have been cut and stitched just off square to emulate the uneven ground. It’s convenient but very non representative to draw a rigid grid over a rolling landscape.

Assessment 5 feedback

Summary of tutorial discussion

Demonstration of technical and visual skills, quality of outcome, demonstration of creativity –

You have a very interesting body if work here Linda. Well done for this, you have been focused in your approach and yet produced some exciting experimental pieces. 

You have analysed your previous assignments and considered a new idea to move your sampling forward. The ideas are held together by music ( something you found hard to respond to in an earlier assignment) and some of your samples reflect your responses to the track. 

Your large fabric rust piece is very interesting, the scale is exciting and the way you have drawn with found objects , leaving a ghost of an image.

Please consider how you show your samples for assessment. We discussed labels or small tags to identify the sample or to explain how the sample should be viewed. 

Consider why you have left some sample with threads, ribbon, cord unfinished and hanging. Please explain your reasons or rectify this. 

You have documented your sampling well with drawings, rubbing, collages. Make sure that these observations are helpful for you. Please consider how you can use them to move your ideas forward rather than them being a “tick box” exercise. Are they helping you to understand the scale/ composition/ texture of the sample …… Can you do more to trail out your ideas before going into 3d.

I feel there is a part of the assignment missing where you are developing your trials working towards your final piece/ trial. We discussed doing more work on the fabric pieces on the iron work. Can you try different shapes, colours, materials….. Could they be attached in different ways. Should they be white against the hard metal? Could you use a distressed fabric or do you prefer the sharp clean white ?  If so why……. They feel a little too decorative for me , maybe a little too unconsidered and controlled in application? What if each link of the chain had a module/ shape how could each one be attached thoughtfully? These are just ideas and questions it is for you to really work this out, you have time for this and you might come up with a better result, or maybe not …. But it would be interesting to see your journey.

Context, reflective thinking, critical thinking, analysis – 

You are reflecting on your work much better well done. Do still keep asking questions though (I have suggest some above)

Please add a link to the music track if you have not already done.

Add an image of the crochet chain.

Decide how we should view the orange ties on the wire, maybe suggest this in a photograph with the piece.

You have explained your work well in 5.2

Rejig the part where you are responding to the criteria, things could be placed under better headings. 

I have really enjoyed working with you. All the best for your assessment.

 

Tutor name

Jenny Udale

Date

24 august 2019

Next assignment due

 

Assignment 5 final reflection projects 5 and 6

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.

    • 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.

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.

Review and refine – ex5.2 written statement

500 words About my work

My body of work for ass5 shows the story of of the piece I find myself calling ‘crow’.

Looking back, I visualise the process as a gathering of metaphorical threads, strands of ideas woven into a solid object. I have previously been very material led. In response to an exercise I will select materials from my collection and go on a gathering mission to reclaim and reuse materials from my local environment. In this case the gathering seemed complete and the reassembling of concepts played through my mind like the solving of an equation. I am as a detective solving the mystery of my mind. Like grasping for words , only visually.

Linda Baker

‘Crow’ 2019 – iron, cotton, linen

This work is a response to ‘Crow in the cradle’ a folk song that can be traced back to the 16thCentury, that has been rewritten and performed across the years as the message questions the tipping point between personal liberty and what government might dictate as being for the common good. Pertinent. I hadn’t found myself able in a previous task to interpret the words as images, never one to give up my subconscious has been processing it and combined with elements learned from subsequent tasks, the idea came to fruition.

The iron skeleton had a military function.Discarded, it has rusted and would eventually return to earth. The flaccid strap brittle and worn hangs in a slight curve, showing slightly less tension than the heavy chain that has been drawn in slightly to form a waist.

The textile element of vintage cotton, a functional stiffener for lighter fabrics is folded ,creased and stitched with linen thread into elements that could be translated as feathers, seed pods or souls, or represent people or creatures, are different in scale but have the same form. Hanging collectively.

Crow is of the hills of my home yet reflective of the wider world. It is strongly of this place in time and yet unequivocally has come from the past.

Review and refine ex5.1 – further development

Using examples from my samples in ass3 was an interesting and really useful exercise in developing new iterations of a concept. I had gathered a number of rusted artefacts and became quite intrigued by a particular piece.

I picked it up fascinated, hefted the weight of it and enjoyed the jangle, I then discovered that it is probably a military strap for holding a gun shell and was repulsed. A challenging object, clearly full of story, it sang a refrain from an ear worm that keeps returning – The Crow on the Cradle A version by Karine Polwart, a sad lament that can be traced to the 16th century.

The song questions the balance between personal liberty and what the Government might dictate as being for the common good – ultimately the people that must decide what is true, fair and right. First voiced four hundred years ago – and so it goes on today.

I had tried to work with it in ass2 but really struggled with the amount of imagery. Perhaps I could use music as an inspiration?

I took some time to investigate the artefact with drawings and photos.

A detailed drawing made me really observe the construction, a frottage was more a representation of the history and texture.

Using rust to draw the artefact I got a little carried away with objects and a bird appeared, Phoenix rising?the crow on the cradle?

When rust dying previously I have wrapped object quite tightly to get good contact with the fabric. The mossy lawn has a lot of spring so I layed down the much washed sheet and placed objects on the surface. I then used a ladle to add a vinegar solution for a few hours, followed by strong tea, left overnight for the dew and a rainfall gave marks time to develop.

Fascinatingly I observed texture that seems to be from the individual grass blades.

It feels macabre, but then guns are a dark subject matter. It is totally out of my comfort zone working with this subject matter but it feels compelling to follow it through.

taking photos of the object it was immediately evident that hanging would be obvious to use the tension in the chains and to control the form, slumped could be interesting however in ass 4 I observed a new awareness of hoe a piece of work can be viewed and for this exercise hanging seems right.

adding a rib cage ?

make love not war!

it was difficult not to anthromorphisize the object, however I was keen not to make this too obvious.

I also spent some time combining the artefact with various combinations of elements from earlier samples through photos and drawings.

The final iteration was a result of then experimenting with size and layers of the little – pods/shrouds . I needed to remove a restring a couple of times, adding a structure of tape to hang the pods and also hanging them in groups rather than singly helped to create fullness at the top and a taper towards the bottom, as did stitching pods of a range of sizes.During my development work they resonated most and came to represent the thousands of souls affected by war. Empty shells, missed opportunities, unpatched dreams… I think that the simplicity of the forms enables a wider interpretation by a viewer, it is a little shrine like , a piece for reflection.

It could be named Crow on the cradle. An abstract reference to the song that I found so difficult to represent in ass 2.

Assignment 3

Fabric manipulation based on words – I had a much stronger response to this than drawings based on words, I am currently much more inquisitive with playing with fabrics and working in 3D.

Knitting and crochet – unconventional tools

Arm knitting was a reflective, mind full process . I enjoyed the rhythm, the comfort of becoming enveloped in luxurious yarn and the scale. It didn’t seem a productive or useful process otherwise – just clumsy. I would be more than happy to make tools to solve a problem of working with a material . But using them gratuitously seemed egotistical (like knitting with diggers) Doing it for a dare, or just for the sake of it is not my mindset.

Knitting and crochet – unconventional materials.

Any material is up for grabs if it suits a purpose. I naturally eye up skips for example for possible resources, often use found materials ,and often like Rauschenberg will use them as a starting point for a piece of work.

I’m more than happy to experiment, however this exercise reinforced ny dislike of packaging plastics, it’s almost becoming an aversion, it seems chemically and politically tainted. Taking it out of the waste stream could be a positive but I don’t like the texture or visual appearance much. I enjoyed the resilience and linear quality of the telephone wire though and its communication context.

Weaving

Oh my word! I don’t remember ever weaving anything. I could really immerse myself in this process, I had a similar response to wrapping in MMT . It is totally immersive. I had forgotten that space that I go to when transfixed and focussed on a creative task. Pure contentment. And so needed. I hadn’t realised how little time I’ve had for making for months now.

Self assessment:

Demonstration of technical and visual skills: Materials, techniques, observational skills, visual awareness, design and compositional skills.

My strength here was certainly weaving, my samples have clear links to the drawings and mark making from parts onset and two, I have investigated techniques using a range of materials and noted further investigations I have realised the role of sampling in developing ideas further by using drawings and reflection of successful and more importantly less successful samples.

Quality of outcome: Content, application of knowledge, presentation of work in a coherent manner, discernment, conceptualisation of thoughts and communication of ideas.

despite the disaster of my failing of my technology

This happened I learnt a lot from artist research in ex 3.1. Particularly from watching video interviews of Polly Binns and Tracey Emin.

Demonstration of creativity: Imagination, experimentation, invention, development of a personal voice – I’m happiest when experimenting and can be inventive with materials, for this assignment I did feel more informed by my research and was able to be less literal with interpretation of my drawings , when making samples that I feel , had a strong sense of place while also working with a colour palate developed from exploring future trends.

Context: Reflection, research and critical thinking.

Again I have reflected more than communication my ideas, however I am developing strategies to remedy this.

Feedback assignment 2

Summary of tutorial discussion

Demonstration of technical and visual skills, quality of outcome, demonstration of creativity –

You did well to produce this body of work in a short time. You have approached each exercise with thought and tried iterations of ideas. There could however be further investigation in the exercises , the body of work feels a little bit light but i am sure this is due to a lack of time and not a lack of ideas.

It might be that you should separate out some of your more resolved or successful pieces and mount simply on cartridge for assessment. For example your self portrait, the rubbing of your letter, the rubbing of the leaves in your environment. I shall confirm from Sandra if this is a good idea.

You experimented well with a variety of materials and processes. You handled line well in the initial drawing exercise. You produced a strong graphic composition.

The photos of the found marks were very successful. You observed very interesting textures, colours and compositions in these images. Think about how you instinctively did this with the camera frame and how this could be applied to samples you are creating.

The end of the sketchbook felt a bit rushed and scrappy. Please make sure papers are either in the book attached, out in a separate book or just placed in a simple fold of clean white paper acting as a sleeve. For assessment put details of the exercise neatly on the corner of the sleeve.

Context, reflective thinking, critical thinking, analysis –

You presented your work well on your blog. It would however be helpful to have a paragraph of reflection after each exercise. ( you started to do this in the last couple of exercises)

Please give more detail in your reflection for example you say that you were underwhelmed by a certain assignment, explain why you think this is.

You mentioned Tracy Emin and Elise Englar were important artists for you in this assignment, please explain why. What did you connect with in their work? Do you feel that your work was a response to this, if yes why, if not then why not ?

Please include the rest of the research artist analysis in the final assessment.

Well done, I look forward to your next assignment.

Assignment two

In Part Two you’ve produced a body of written and visual research and drawing exploring the themes identified in Part One. You should now conclude your work by reflecting on what you’ve learnt in Parts One and Two. Write about the development of both your research and creative skills, and identify what you think you’ve learnt from undertaking these exercises. Discuss how research has broadened your understanding of the creative process, and how exploring a range of different creative approaches to drawing and mark-making can help you to generate ideas

in response to a theme. Highlight areas of strength and any areas that you think require further development. You should aim to write approximately 500 words, and include this in your learning log.

This was a tricky journey that I have taken very quickly. merely dipping my toes into a range of processes and concepts for generating ideas has whetted my appetite for researching ways of developing thought processes.

I was particularly struck by the Martin Creed video

The main thing I have learnt is not to pre judge. The process of immersion in a task , being inquisitive, questioning and ready to experiment can yield results I couldn’t dream of – dreaming up ideas is a bit of a fallacy perhaps! It is a skill that can be honed,

I have quite a good understanding of critical reflection , my research for this assignment is not complete, currently a collection af annotated images and rough notes from many open tabs on my computer. I did not approach the research systematically but all at once and it blew my mind, brain fog, my short term memory just couldn’t cope I need to develop a strategy to cope with this. Currently I’m Using Microsoft notes as a swipe file to gather information, make notes and gather images but collation is proving complicated. It Is my priority for moving forward. It is clear that the research I have managed has been key to unlocking concepts and revelations so not committing enough focus to this will be a barrier to fully realising my progress.

My creative journey falls between , Tracey Emin strongly expressive of personal journey, highly emotional. Vs documentary/archaeological approach of Elise Engler.

After really enjoying MMT I felt very materials and process led but now see that the ideas and process led approaches have generated thought processes in ways I haven’t really considered. The pieces of work using collage resonated more , I guess this was more to do with manipulation of materials, also very colour and composition based. Words weren’t for me but actually the frottaged stitch sample was a favourite piece due the interesting surface texture, I wish I’d frottaged in white on a light background to further investigate the the shapes found.

Feedback assignment 1

 

Summary of tutorial discussion

 

Demonstration of technical and visual skills, quality of outcome, demonstration of creativity –

 

Techniques to help you complete on time:

I understand that parts of this assignment were difficult for you to start. You need to have a way to make decisions and just get on with it . We discussed using the decision making as an interesting maybe conceptual way of working rather seeing it as a problem. So choosing things blind, tossing a die. As you are pushed for time it is important that you can crack on with your work. Obviously there still needs to be time for reflection but not procrastination!

It’s interesting, this feeling of being frozen by a looming deadline is a state that I feel could be a really interesting line of inquiry – if I had the time ……. my procrastination is partly full on procrastination but a large amount is brain chemicals, shifting hormones and sadness, my brain processing internal and external change, it’s been a s**t year all in all.

However the wrk needs doing and I’m determined -just need to get the momentum going…

 

It is important that you answer what is being asked of you, make sure that you complete all the tasks. It felt a little thin in parts and there was one part missing 1.4.

1.4 was a sticking point, I’m now waiting for the release of The Lost Words: Spell Songs

Macfarlane, Robert . This is a cd of songs inspired by Macfarlanes investigation into 50 nature words that are removed from the children’s Oxford English Dictionary.
I think that I took the tasks too literally and will try to achieve more depth in future exercises. My recording of ideas needs to be clearer, a balance between analysing all my sketch book notes whilst avoiding repetition on the blog and not getting too sidetracked.

 

Really consider your research and what it can provide for each assignment. If you get stuck within an assignment you might need to revise the research and expand on ideas or go deeper.

This idea of back tracking to provide more inspiring research to use in the project tasks is really important – it will stop me wasting time agonising about how to make thing fit, and will save time in the long run.

 

Your work could be more conceptual? You enjoyed the method of working in mixed media which is not theme based. Working with materials and developing processes. You could push this method of working more, maybe developing a narrative more than a theme. For example on the journey you could be walking and recording materials, picking up materials as you go. Looking at what materials lay with each other, can they be broken as you walk on them, do they change form. Do they change from morning to evening, do other people interact with them …….( I just looked at 1.1 it is clear to me that you really enjoy materials, the work you have analysed from mixed media is stronger than your new sample for this assignment. This is because you are not trying to create a “picture” but you are simply working with materials and forms and then documenting them. In this new piece you are trying to make the materials represent a landscape / picture which is not so honest or exciting.  We can discuss this next time we talk but please reflect on this point for your next assignment. )

This is excellent – really clarifying. I loved MMT and found the materials led approach really suited my inquisitive nature. Project one of I&P felt quite forced but thanks to this feedback I think that I’m understanding how to move forward and approach it in a way that is more natural to me. Narrative and context are important to me.

 

Your bird sample was very interesting ( and works as a narrative / conceptual idea) but how could this have been developed further?

I also felt that mapping the bird flight paths in my garden was more exciting, when I get my sketch book back I will see if I can implement some of the ideas that I noted. I’m particularly interested in exploring how I can invoke my crow friends in a ark making exercise using a back drawing process and peanuts. If it works it would be interesting to produce a series with some consistent approach combined with random elements, time of day, number of peanuts etc

 

Experimentation and developing your own personal voice:

You work could be more experimental. You could be using a larger variety of materials. All your work is a similar shape and size. Go bigger or much smaller.

This excites me, I felt constricted by size for example on the interpretation of music Woking on A3 but felt compelled to follow the instructions! This will be part o f my rewinding process. I will refine my inner grrr and run free!!!

 

We discussed  that you could be thinking about how you bring your own interests and skills into each assignment. I think you would then enjoy the assignments more? For example you really enjoyed mixed media, you enjoy working with materials so when you completed the last task you could have drawn or printed on wooden veneers to see what effect that gave.

 

Context, reflective thinking, critical thinking, analysis –

 

I found your Blog difficult to navigate i didn’t realise i had to start at the bottom of page 2 and work my way up. Is it possible to have it so the first page opening up is the first part of the assignment etc…..

I’m not sure what happened there! I have worked out how to put more posts on each page so that issue should be dealt with. I have set up draft posts for the entire course so they should appear in order I think. I’ve also worked out the categories so hopefully my blog will read more clearly. Currently I’m not sure if I need to (or how to)change theme to improve clarity. WordPress still keeps its secrets well

 

There needs to be more reflection on what you are doing and also what you have chosen not to do and why.

I suggest once you have finished the piece you are working on stand back from it and critique it. What is working and what could you improve on. What were you trying to achieve and have you succeeded. Note down your comments.

 You could record your reflections verbally and then write down the key points.

 I’m going to try using voice memos to help me . My typing is getting quicker slowly. I’ve made a prompt card to refer to when self evaluating based on critical thinking skills workshop.

You need to present your work more clearly for assessment. Labels with assignment points on each.

This was lazy of me as I literally threw assignment one in the post and then found the how to send work to your tutor for assessment. I can see how feedback will be helped by clearer labelling of work.

 

Well done, I look forward to your next assignment.

I&P Assignment one

Demonstration of technical and visual skills – I think that within the context of responding to a brief with ideas rather than completed pieces of work that my technical and visual skills have been competent in representing ideas I have used a range it firmly obvious techniques, I was really pleased with the outcome using found materials joined using stitch to represent the landscape and also with the way this work linked so well with my research.

Quality of outcome – apart from ex 1.4 which caused a complete blank I have responded well to the tasks and have hopefully shown some interesting concepts that are well communicated. I feel that I got o a real roll with MMT and have stumbled my way somewhat through assignment one. I think that I got used to being far more process led and am coming round to a different way of thinking for I&P

Demonstration of creativity – mixed responses to the exercises, I felt that my response to 1.1 was quite strong – it being process led helped, 1.2 personal experience was engaging and with a lot more time I think that I would find a lot to develop her, also 1.7 I respond far more to place than the exercises responding to words – it’s just occurred to me that the drawing of bird paths could be titled ‘flight’ , words can perhaps be a trigger for my ideas – I have a feeling that all of these stands will start coming together with further practice.

Context – I can see an improvement in the communication of my thoughts over the last two courses but I can see also that this is an area that I need to develop. My understanding is growing thanks mostly to the critical thinking skills course with Rebecca Fairley but I need to record my thought process in more detail.

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