First Entry! xo

Entry 1: I have recently finished my first project of my course which was knitting. I wasn't particularly inspired by our starting point theme of 'architecture around the college' because the building wasn't very interesting at all, so it was a real struggle. Throughout this project I was also working full time as a supervisor at a restaurant which meant I was very stressed and did not have any spare time between college and work to do any independent studying. which obviously meant I got very behind, I brought a knitting machine so I could try and get as much work as I could done over the half term (a week before the deadline) although at home I didn’t get the support and help I would have got from my tutors, which meant I was at a disadvantage. I did however begin to get really inspired and really stuck in with my knit work but I found I began to go off on a tangent focusing more on material manipulation rather than knit which is what the project was all about. This meant alot of what I had done was no where near relevant to my project and had to be scrapped. I managed to pull together a very poor effort last minute before the deadline which made me feel pretty shitty. I wasn’t happy with the work I had produced at all, and was quite frankly embarrassed about pitching it to my peers and tutors during our crit. I felt particularly ashamed when I saw that a fellow student who joined the course 5 weeks after me had produced alot more and alot better quality work than I had. I know this last project was not a true representation of what I am capable of and I am gutted I didn’t put my college work before my job. However it’s only made me more determined to make sure my next project - which is Print - is some of the best work I've ever produced. I know I can do it, and I know exactly how  to achieve it after my last project so I will do my absolute best to keep organised and on top of all my work throughout this term!..... That is once I have recovered from this horrendous head cold I have contracted, I have missed a lesson but I’m feeling a lot better than I did, so I am confident I’ll be ok! And I can’t wait to make a start on my new sketchbook!!