W/C 10TH Dec Final Crit
PEER FEEDBACK
PRESENTATION & DEVELOPMENT
-Clearly immersed self in all aspects of project & subject matter, and fully developed this by placing self in shoes of the people I am exploring
-Easy to identify how valuable process was
-The work is not just about the subject but is practically aligned with it, which creates a very valid foundation
-Wide variety of angles
-Thorough testing & experimentation shows natural progression
PRACTICAL OUTCOMES
-very visually exciting
-considerate and thoughtful responses, respectful of context
-highly ambitious, pushing abilities and scale, whilst dealing with a very respectful and authentic topic
-clear commitment to process which is relevant to the synthesis with theoretical work
SYNTHESIS OF PRACTICE & THEORY
-the work is inherently linked and connected thoroughly to the theory, particularly through execution of proposals
-work definitely attains that conservation of identity which is important
-evident understanding and passion in subject matter
-there isn't anything that could make the synthesis clearer
ASPECTS TO FURTHER EXPLORE
-continue to explore the wide variety of crafts you have enjoyed
-make even more ambitious work and think about achieving the scale you proposed in this project
-think about external development> how could your work extend into communities and more interactive outputs?
-continue to develop this sense of identity cross topics
REFLECTION & SUMMATIVE PROJECT REPORT (500 words)
Having reached the end of the module, I feel that my practice has been challenged and has certainly evolved through new processes and a more invested commitment to the issues of heritage and social history. The start of the module felt like a really exciting opportunity to immerse myself in something very personal and specific to my wider intent for practice. This encouraged me to be far more ambitious with my practical approaches and invest in new skills to develop my technical competencies. My thematic concerns around issues of heritage have encouraged me to work in more crafted approaches, processes that were highly laborious but pertinent to a more critical understanding. Teaching myself weaving was quite an ambitious task but it was a skill I felt I needed to learn in order to attain even a degree of authenticity and respect for my subject matter. This commitment to process has really benefitted the practical and critical outcomes of my project, most discernibly in a very direct traditional aesthetic, but also through a more solid awareness of what it means to be a craftsman.
The parallels drawn between theory and practice have driven a high quality synthesis throughout, something which would have been lacking, had I attempted to resolve these themes through more commercial and homogenous processes. The research led nature of this brief drove my conceptual awareness and resolved to me generating work that was highly substantiated but was also grounded in a very personal investment and passion.
The most transformative learning took place in the contextual research as I really un-picked the essence of what it means to be a community and have a collective identity. Working with such an iconic and quintessentially British topic, I feel I have developed a much more wholesome awareness of the values that inform my practice and a more authentic understanding of the context of my work.
Typography has proven to be a highly effective medium to extend my practice. My work often sits within quite a tangible and tactile context, mainly through my use of craft processes, but translating narrative into direct and visual language, attained a more accessible collective aesthetic and meaning when viewed as a whole, placing a very firm message at the forefront of my practical outcomes. I did however, find that I became quite engrossed in the process and refinement of it all and may have sacrificed some more experimental outcomes as a result. I do, however, feel that the most refined typographic work in my portfolio, is also the most consistent with the subject matter and collective identity of the project, most discernibly in its crafted attributes.
The very personalised nature of the module, as a research practice, has been exhausting as I have been constantly questioning my own practice, and becoming more and more personally engrossed in the content. My passion in the topic may have stunted my satisfaction and appreciation of the work as I felt an enormous sense of duty to the communities I was investigating, but this has only encouraged me to produce highly personal and authentic outcomes with a solid ethos.
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