Sketchbook Exhibition

I have chosen to look at the Cloud 23 bar for my project; this is based inside the Hilton hotel at Beetham Tower. I began my research looking initially at the exterior of the building as I loved the shapes and colours that it gave me. When I had been given permission to go inside I was then able to expand my research further. Once inside I was intrigued by the idea of the bar and different drinks, I was also interested in the views through the window. I found when I stopped drawing the movement of my project and the research was much more difficult. I have tried hard to link my workshops to my project and I feel that I have been quite successful in this area; my felt workshop gave me a chance to explore colour. Now that I have begun Knit I want to look closer at shape.

 Within my work I have aimed to use a varied range of drawing techniques, I feel that on the whole this has been successful, though I often tend to favour continuous line drawings. I think this is due to a lack of confidence with my own drawing skills. Confidence in my work is something that I hope to improve upon while studying here as I found I was quite shocked by some of the nice comments within my book after the task. When we first began the project there was a slight fear of the white page, however I found that once I had took the plunge and began my work new ideas began to come quite easily.

 An area that I know needs a lot of improvement is my reference to artists work. I am yet to do any research within this area. I think by completing designer research I might find it easier to generate ideas and feel inspired when I am at a dead end. My current workshop is knit so I think it would be a good start to look at knit designers, this could inspire me to create my own pieces that link with my project. 

 A lot of the critical feedback that I received about my sketchbook mentioned the way my work progressed. I haven’t made my way of working and my journey very clear. I can see this now after taking a step back from my work, I believe that the main reason for this is down to my lack of annotation within the book itself. I found sketchbook exhibition to be a very useful task, though I was anxious about letting people look at my work before we began. The task has given me more confidence in my work and opened up my eyes to new and different ways of working and starting a project.