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Saturday 19 March 2011

Time to Think & Time to Move

I started to worry a lot over the last couple of days, realising the minimal time left on this project with the amount of work expected for the credits of the module. I feel like I'm lagging behind massively.
Only down to my own self-motivation and hectic last month or so, I've not given my work as much commitment and determination I should have kept up. With a sudden empty couple of weeks appearing, this just gave me the excuse to take it easy, catch my breath back and get back to a reasonable sleeping/eating pattern again.
I've started to realise just how much I need to catch up on, how ambitious this project is that I have in mind that I want to do and how much is still left to take on. To start with I've just felt helpless to the point where I just don't want to work on anything, or I'll find other things to do instead to pass the time. Now I'm determined to just do it and hopefully impress myself with how I've managed to turn it all around.
I need a strong sense of direction, I need a plan, I need a big list of what needs to be done and I need to start ticking all the boxes now.
This list will grow and change over the next 3 months, but I want it to be here to remind me of how much I've got to do, then I can feel relieved every time I can happily cross something off it:

- practical research; drawing, photographing, illustrations, printing processes,
- analytical: understanding why handmade & British trade makes a difference, what's the point?
- identity/future: who am I? what is my 'practice'? how do i define myself? what do i want to be doing in 3 months/6 months/1 years time?
- identity: get help with branding of 'Jodie Curley', photos of work, Wordpress blog full of work & complete with new identity, business cards
- design: print patterns, ceramics patterns, illustrations, products (including - find sewing patterns)
- practical work: printing onto fabric, producing ceramics, producing textile home-wares
- documentary: justification of what, why and how i'm doing things, including brief(s)/rationale/context

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