Evaluation for Nature

Evaluation.

For this project I had to create a sketchbook, visual sheets, a mood board and a final piece which I choose to do a slouch bag. Through out this project I think my sketchbook worked really well I tried my best making sure I researched into all the different areas I was asked to, I got my information and images by looking on the Internet, in books and going into galleries. Another thing I enjoyed and think worked really well was my visual sheets I enjoyed doing them and using different medias, this being from pencils to puff binder this was so I could experiment . Another thing I loved doing was creating my bag, I'm very hands on and thought making it was really fun, even if I did find it difficult at times I pushed myself towards the end to finish it and to make sure it got handed in on time.

When doing my work, I made bag designs which I thought went well. But because I ran out of time, I had to do a simple pattern which would be my screen print onto my bag. so that was something I had to change. I also was going to add a big woven panel to my bag, but because of running out of time again and leaving it to the last minute I wasn't able to fit this to my bag. So unfortunately the weaving I did do went to waste.

Whilst going through my sketchbook there was certain pages I had missed or didn't finish so this was a task I had to overcome and make sure it was finished on time. Because I didn't find these bits till the end it took me back abit and left me behind struggling to finish everything else on time.

 I didn't really work well on my time management, I didn't schedule everything in to slots to make sure I got them all done, so this is something I would learn for my next project. I found that at the end of my project I was left with just an hour left and I still had sketchbook work to do and my bag to create which I found affected my bag. As it could have been better.

I feel that even though i ran out of time, I handled it very well and managed to get everything done in time, even though my bag wasn't the way I wanted in to be I still managed to make it and I like the way it is. This is something I really need to concentrate on for further projects, to make sure I didn't fall behind again.

I used alot of different medias which I like to experiment on including puff binder, different pencils, oil pastels and screen printing. I also enjoyed trying out Knitting, weaving and poly print. I used the medias in all my sketch book, visual sheets and mood boards.

While working on this project I looked at different artists that was a part of some of the work that I had created, such as knitting, weaving, and screen printing artists this was another topic I found interesting to work with as i hadn't researched into them before. I found out information about them and also loved looking at the work they had created by using the same medias as which I was using myself.

Another media I used was felting, this is a media that I didn't enjoy working on and I don't think that it's one of my strongest points in this course. Unlike the weaving which I really enjoyed working on and was planning on this going into my final piece. It was something easy to do and I think it looked nice as well. I tried both cardboard loom and the normal loom, if I was to do it again I think I would choose to use the normal loom as its alot easier and quicker and by using the cardboard loom I wasn't able to finish the weaving in time.

If I was to do this project again there isn't alot I would really change. I found that i really enjoyed working on this project, even though through out it I found it difficult. I took on a challenge and made sure that everything was done to the best I could have done. Yet again the time management was something that made me struggle.