After my feedback for the bowl and second artifact project, there is a couple of things I would like to develop, improve upon and strengthen to create a deeper understanding of my work and strengthen my contextual understanding and ultimately my predicted grade for those projects.
my feedback:
“You have made a considerable journey through this module, moving out of your comfort zone in the bowl project allowed you to return with greater clarity and confidence in working with the book form as art object in your second artefact. You demonstrated a sensitive use of material and process in both your artefacts while continuing to develop skills in papermaking, printing and book binding which have all been very well documented on your blog. Your blog also shows clear evaluation and critical thinking in relation to your outputs but also future direction. It is also good to see good evidence of contextual referencing from historical storytelling to contemporary book artists, be sure to synthesis this research into ideas for future work. There is great potential for you to continue exploring the book form and working through the theme of the senses may provide the ideal context for your material and process knowledge to be creatively expanded into a collection of books, which can become more ambitious in both the construction and deconstruction of the book. The biggest risk is being too conservative with the standard definitions between form and the content, especially form a sensorial perspective. As the work progresses it would be good to find opportunities within the book art world to apply for to gain an audience and some professional feedback”
From this feedback I am keen to revisit my projects and form a greater understanding of how the context and historical understanding has helped to inform my own work. furthermore explore other examples of this kind of modern day storytelling through artist form.
- Creating greater understanding of the importance of storytelling, why I had chosen to explore the idea of isolation and COVID19 without text in a book structure.
- finding conventional examples of storytelling books and more unconventional examples.
- clarify/justify why I had chosen the type of book structure I have.
- show wider experimentation into book structures.
Although I had not planned for the transition into a more material and process lead final project (plans changing because of lockdown and not having access to print of binding Equipment) I had used the process and material exploration developed through the bowl and second artifact projects to bring Forward into this final project. I had developed a great understanding, knowledge and material appreciation for paper making and paper mache, now I am able to control, create and manipulate paper to the way I need it.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 