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.
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