No 1: Not to think too commercially when creating a piece of work. Thanks Angela Atkinson for this advice, it means that I should allow myself to be creative and experimental.
No 2: To follow your heart and be focussed on what you want to achieve. Thanks Drew for this advice, after all he said," You are the one who has to do this day in and day out ".
No 3: To always give yourself a problem. Thanks Ollie Leggett for this. Ollie created IE Design Consultants Ltd almost twenty years ago and he is now a leading Digital Marketing agency for Charity, Health and Education. For me this advice means that I continually strive towards creating opportunities and openings for my work. When I have got the commission or project, then and only then do I figure out how I am going to do it !
Felty stoppered pots.
Thursday, 27 March 2014
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Hopes and Fears ……...
My greatest hope was always that I would be able to have my work exhibited in The Contemporary Crafts Gallery in Bloomsbury. My greatest fear is that the work I am producing does not 'count' as being handmade as it is cast and therefore is not hand built. I have wandered around this gallery for many years now fantasising about seeing Lisa Slinn….. work and how I would like to become a member of the group. I can think of Katie Almond's work and Lowri Davies perhaps , they have been sold in the CCG, they essentially cast the body of their forms and hand decorate, maybe I will be okay after all ?
On a practical level my hope is that I can successfully create a body of work that I can take to New Designers and that the V&A will come along and say 'yes of course we would love to sell some of your work in our shop' or 'we would love a piece for the Museum' that is my greatest hope. Also that I can successfully create a range of designs to put on 'whiteware' and sell them commercially. However, ultimately my hope is that I will always want to design and make and be able to do that and that nothing will ever stop me !
My greatest fear is that I cannot make work that is neat enough and perfect enough . I have a very 'loose' style with my drawing and also when it comes to creating hand built work it is not often 'finished' to a high enough standard. My fear is that I do not have enough years left in my life to be able to rectify this trait ! Another fear is that I will not have enough motivation to push myself once I have left the structure of University critique's even though this practice can drive you almost mad ….. I need enough confidence in myself and my work to overcome this and I hope that I will get this from New Designers.
On a practical level my hope is that I can successfully create a body of work that I can take to New Designers and that the V&A will come along and say 'yes of course we would love to sell some of your work in our shop' or 'we would love a piece for the Museum' that is my greatest hope. Also that I can successfully create a range of designs to put on 'whiteware' and sell them commercially. However, ultimately my hope is that I will always want to design and make and be able to do that and that nothing will ever stop me !
My greatest fear is that I cannot make work that is neat enough and perfect enough . I have a very 'loose' style with my drawing and also when it comes to creating hand built work it is not often 'finished' to a high enough standard. My fear is that I do not have enough years left in my life to be able to rectify this trait ! Another fear is that I will not have enough motivation to push myself once I have left the structure of University critique's even though this practice can drive you almost mad ….. I need enough confidence in myself and my work to overcome this and I hope that I will get this from New Designers.
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