In this project I really wanted to experiment and take risks, I wanted to really push my work forward, taking the ideas and working methods, but really experiment with scale, colour and materials. I think the use of scale is something I have come to embrace, as now I think I prefer to work bigger, realising this because of the interest I have in space related ideas and artists, and through drawing and making, bigger seems better, even if just to fill a small part of something, the consideration of space is there!
I have been continually blogging and working in my sketchbook and notebook, so that I can filter down and connect all my ideas, I have also spent a lot of time laying out work and photographing,
looking at the composition, the colour or texture. This really helps me to look at my work conceptually and I feel I am able to see where I am going; laterally reading my work through photography and notemaking (sometimes just describing or connecting words) really makes me focus and points out a clear direction, until I discover something new in what I have made.
I really like to do a lot of contextual research, looking at artists and reading books, looking at words or places for general inspiration. As my project has been based on something with more of an intangible nature, I think it has become really important for me to work this way, as I get a lots of ideas to then process and move forward with. I have definitely been inspired by artists and I think this can be seen in my experiments with colouyr and materials. Now I feel more comfortable with taking risks, even if they don't work out. This is something I am going to take with me in my next projects, where I can begin to make my work really personal and exciting.
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