Re evaluating my work
This week I have begun to question myself and my work, in terms of the outcomes that I am producing. It has helped me this week to take a few days away from the loom to re evaluate my ideas and think about how I can make the very most out of my final year. So far, I am relatively pleased with my samples, but I don't feel like I am pushing myself to my full potential and so I felt like I needed time to think about what it is I'm trying to achieve and how I can achieve it.
Being able to experiment is the reason I enjoy textiles so much, and I feel that so far this year I haven't allowed myself enough time to experiment or challenge my ideas. I have been too wrapped up in producing X amount of samples rather than really thinking these samples through. I need to stop being so fixed by time frames, as I believe it is imperative to my practice to produce outcomes that I am happy with rather than satisfied. Enclosing myself to time frames isn't helping me be creative or enjoy my project.
In the future I am aiming to be more experimental, possibly in Unit X when I feel like I have got to grips with techniques and sampling. I would like to produce much more innovative fabrics and play with materials such as clay, furs, chunky ribbons, and not being overcautious with my colour palette despite wanting to be more restrictive, I have already found that being too restrictive is stopping my work being the best it can be.
