wc 25/10/15 progress, reflection and ideas

Progress

Programme of works continues to show reading journals, books for reference etc. Due to my limited knowledge of what my project actually was at the time of producing this programme this continues to be the topic of work. However I had not taken into consideration for any time working on project, building ideas, preparatory sketches etc. This is something to learn for future projects when creating such a programme of works. Over the last few weeks I have been researching in a more physical manner. My trips to the archive in Gateshead and many exhibitions in London have been a slightly different form of research rather than just purely books and journals. This week is a continuation of finding useful resources that can become valuable references. Also I was supposed to attend a workshop at DCA yesterday on Argyrotype printing. However this was cancelled due to lack of numbers attending, I still have another workshop to attend next weekend at DCA on pad printing. This will hopefully show me another method that could be useful for creating interesting textures.

Reflection

I feel that the time spent since my last progress check two weeks ago has probably been my most creative so far in this project. This is most likely due to the drawings I have done, the places I have been and the fact that I had purposely chosen not to take any journals etc to London just to give myself a bit breathing space. This also means that I now feel fresh after having had a short break. I know I must now get back into reading but I look forward to detailing the information I had already found but never blogged about, and now also have a fresh enthusiasm about reading the journals and books I found or purchased before my trips away.

Ideas

I need to have found several new relevant references about my subject by this time next week. This is crucial in letting me begin to build some idea of a proposal. Lately I have seen several exhibitions and a theatre production which will have most likely been reported on by numerous newspapers, magazines or hopefully more academic/professional sources. After finding more useful resources for this project I should consider trying to find some of these articles on the things I have seen lately. These may let me see how others have perceived the works and would let me compare my own thoughts and reactions, possibly leading to a better overall understanding of some of the works.