It is very hard to restart after a fall. I have been rejected for a studio space at Cockpit Arts after an interview that I thought had been successful. On top of this my kiln broke and I now have to buy a new one with 4-5 weeks for delivery. I have to put it all in prospective because luckily I do not depend on my work for a living, but it is my personal satisfaction and self esteem to have suffered.
More than ever I wish I had a mentor to talk about my thoughts and my creative ideas and to help me focus on progressing.
I asked for feedback and they told me, very politely, that my work is not at the stage of achievement that they would consider in their showcase. It has potential but it is not there yet. I happen to agree with this but I do not know what I am still missing, and how to achieve it. What astonishes me is that they could see this and make such a judgement after interviewing me and handling my work for half an hour. What exactly did they see? Is it a personal thing or there is some general universal principle against which they analyse the work?
I have drawn new shapes and I have tried to make them with my materials but I do not know if it worth it to pursue this idea or not.
I am looking to put some fun in my cups. I have a memory if my grandmother’s teacups and I would like to make my contemporary and thrown version of them. I want to find a way to add feet to them to be raised from the saucer and that is a technical challenge. Is this just a playtime experiment or it can bring to something new?
