As I said to my friend, I hope that when we graduate we get a BA in Organising Meetings and Display Stands and Photographers and Basically Everything. As well as the degree I'm meant to be working on.
My work is progressing fairly well. The attitude I have is that I am near the end now and everything I have made can either go well, or not, and that's it. I'm doing all I can to make sure our work is advertised and publicised but sometimes it seems there's maybe two, three people doing all the work, with everyone else happy to just potter (har har) along.
Had a lot of trouble in the department recently with individuals not pulling their weight and general stress. Looking through the other blogs on here doesn't help. We don't have a catalogue, or a pack thing or anything. None of our work has appeared, or is likely to appear in any magazines. It's clearly a very different audience but Ceramic Review and Craftsman don't have student blog facilities so this is my only outlet. Maybe our course isn't so organised and on the ball as I thought it might be.
Maybe I'm not so determined as I thought. There are a few blogs on here I love reading because they are truthful and funny and real, and some of them are getting far. Maybe I'm not committed enough. I entered the New Art Theory competition as well as some others on here, but I didn't really think much of it, just sent a bit off and that was that. Was that bad or not? I want to just try everything and go for all the opportunities, because I might as well. But what if I'm not really getting anywhere because I'm not a critic, or an artist, or a proper craftsman, or whatever?
Argh soul-rending doubt combined with late night! I spent 8am – 8pm yesterday sorting out our photographer for everyone. Today I spent the morning sorting out the photos to send to a PR company for one of the shows, the afternoon in two meetings about exhibitions and the course. Eventually about 5 I got to actually do some ceramics. And then spent 6-8 on portfolio. Came home and cooked dinner.
Maybe all this fluster and worry is created by the fact I seriously need a lie in. Hand in next Friday (but not really because we can still do 2D work – what?) so…good? I think.
