A bit of photography!

I've been trying to get a little better at photography and as well as it being really fun, I think my photos are actually improving! I hope that by the time I get to uni in September I'll be able to get by well enough. I'm off to Loughborough by the way to study 3D Design!!!

Please leave comments if you have any, good, bad, or constructive.

DONE!

Everything was handed in last week after a lot of ridiculous surveys and evaluating. But it was all worth it (I hope!). I'm really proud of my exhibition piece and am so grateful to all who helped me!

I've made a short slideshow of my project progressing but I did it on windows DVD maker, which won't let me upload to my blog...

But here's a picture of my display

Back soon x

Project evaluation.

The following in italics is my statement of intent (my brief). The following evaluation is a personal identification of whether I have adhered to my initial aims.

I think that I have used my brief well, as a starting point, and also as a point of reference throughout my final major project. I believe that I have acted upon every intent in my statement and that each of these intents have been useful. For example, I stated that I would use paper and tin to test ideas, before committing to copper as a material, based on the expense of such a material. I think that I also went a lot further than just using cheaper materials, as I used donated materials in my final piece, such as the copper wire that I stripped out of the cables, and also the glass that I used was from the scrap bin.

I am very pleased with the way my final piece turned out, after having so many problems along the way with the glass, and on top of this I feel I have learnt much more about my chosen materials as a result. For example my skills with the working of copper had to grow immensely as a result of the mishaps with glass. I really enjoyed using the processes that I learned and I know they will come in useful in my future education. 

Where my final piece has been challenging and has changed dramatically over the projects course, I actually prefer the outcome to my original design. After having done a lot of research into shoes made as sculptures, I now know that my shoes have definitely benefited from my steering away from tradition, and that the heels not working was probably a blessing in disguise. By forcing myself to think of alternative designs, they have turned into a much more interesting outcome.

SECTION ONE – Your Final Major Project (guide 150 words) What is the title of your Project? What will you work towards producing and what is your proposed end point? Explain how this relates to your work and ideas from the Pathway Stage and how it extends your knowledge, understanding and creative ability. The great Gatsby encapsulates the beauty of the roaring twenties, an era where the wealthy few were carefree and stylish. Their fashions and attitudes to life inspire me immensely and in my opinion, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is the best ever written about this group of young people. I intend to create a pair of women’s shoes, which could be worn today in an attempt to revive the atmosphere created by these youths in the 1920s. I will use the character Daisy as a source for inspiration, as she has the image that I would like my model to have when I photograph my final piece. As well as this I will use the language and potentially the plot from the book as a source, and I will turn these words into something visual, my shoes will show the essence of the book, in their overall style and in smaller details which will derive from minute aspects within the book.

SECTION TWO – Influences, Research, Sources and Ideas (guide 150 words) What are the influences, starting points and contextual references and why are they relevant to your ideas? Indicate the subject areas you intend to research and the likely sources of information including any museums, specific locations, performances, etc you plan to visit. However you should not make extensive lists in this section. Instead you should compile an accurate bibliography correctly acknowledging all references including texts, periodicals, websites and video/DVD’s etc. Enter your bibliography in the APPENDIX .  Having read the Great Gatsby, I shall go on to read a lot more novels from this era such as Babylon Revisited by Fitzgerald, and also in an attempt to achieve a better understanding, i will watch films such as Sunny side up and the Lights of New York, and some Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd movies. I will also visit museums such as the V&A, where they have a displays including fashion, jewellery and a 20th century section, which includes decoration and style, also museum of London which holds the same sort of collection. I will also visit Colchester’s hollytrees museum which is home to a shoe display.

SECTION THREE – Techniques, Processes and Timescale (guide 150 words) Refer to any techniques and processes you intend to use. Describe the range of media and materials relevant to your project and how you may use them to explore and develop your ideas. Include aspects of studio practice, workshop procedures or the use of particular equipment and software etc. Provide an indicative timescale for your project and indicate the manner in which you intend to divide your time in order to investigate, develop, produce and evaluate your project appropriately. This should be a meaningful plan to you and should be personalised to your project. You may wish to write your plan as a daily or weekly schedule in which case enter your timescale in the APPENDIX .

I will be researching and experimenting with plastics with a view to eventually involving glass in my footwear. I am very interested in using copper but I will test techniques and processes on cheaper materials such as tin and paper before committing.

SECTION FOUR –  Method of Evaluation (guide 50 words) How will you critically review and analyse your work and determine if it is successful? How will you identify directions for ongoing development? Do you have a method to record the critical response to your ideas? How do you propose to assess the success of your Final Major Project and what will be your methods of evaluation? Unit 9 requires you to produce a supporting statement at the end of your project. This section can inform your analysis. I will use an ongoing blog to exhibit my research, my reflection and self evaluation and also all processes and techniques that help me towards my final piece. I will upload photographs, scan in pages of books and periodicals, and paste items from websites in order to make sure my blog is full of points of interest that have influenced my work in any way. I will also be very critical of my work on my blog, showing photographs of my successes and failures and commenting on them. As well as my views being exhibited, others will be able to comment which will hopefully lead to constructive feedback which may help me.

Final Photography

Everything is done now so here's my photography!

 Thank you so much to Emma who I have been using right from the start to help me get an idea of proportions etc, and who looks amazing in my shoes. I think she really completes the style that I was going for, and thanks to the Minories art gallery for letting me use their stairs!