I missed my blog time last week, things got a little hectic at Uni and my car broke down twice once the Friday before last and Monday last week! It seems to be fixed now although I am a little poorer now!
The slumped glass over the tiles went really well, I took them into school last week and they seemed to be rally pleased with them. it was my last week with the school, I am really going to miss our Thursday mornings together. However I think the most valuable lesson I have learned from my experience is that I definitely would like to work with Creative Partnerships going forward and I would urge anyone who is thinking of doing a student placement to do it! My placement was excellent. On Thursday last week I attended the first Craft Council Rally in Chelsea, I must say I was rather disappointed with the meeting, having spent £40 to attend and more to travel there, I found it to be quite a negative meeting which degenerated into a discussion about what the word craft meant, I didn’t find this discussion very useful or helpful to my overall requirements as an emerging maker. In actual fact, I left feeling more depressed about my future as a maker than I did when I had arrived. The meeting tried to cover too many things in too shorter time. The day was not completely lost as I visited the Henry Moore exhibition at Tate Britain – a little pricey at £11.00 for students, but well worth it! Wow his sculputures, paintings and sketches – amazing!
I am now on my Easter break, although I am not sure I have much time to relax! I have 6 weeks and counting left to complete all my work and hand it in for assessment! The practical work seems to be on tack although I have quite a lot of cold working to do. However my portfolio is where I need to put some massive effort and work in, if I am going to achieve a good grade, or even pass at this rate! I have a daily plan so hopefully this should help me achieve everything I need to before returning to Uni!
