Filed under: inspiration, reflection | Tags: assignment, business, case studies, mentor, product, struggle
Completed – Professional Practice, Planning & Presentation Assignment 1: Statement of Intent / Draft Plan.
I struggled. Found this really difficult. Why? Well, this isn’t the first time I have tried to write such a document, the same questions were asked when I was trying to build my business ideas in Bristol. Since then I can recognise that I have really worked on getting my product sorted, narrowing down the materials, the process, the objects themselves and the ethos behind it all. I am happy with these – the designs keep coming – hooray.
I find the ‘business’ hard. This I already knew. I find it VERY hard when a part of my qualification depends on it – I get incredibly stressed and feel paralysed by the fear of getting it wrong. We are given many examples, case studies, options about what we can go on to do… but few of them have felt like the right thing for me so in some ways I have to work twice as hard to get to the point where is starts to make sense on the page. It feels like it’s not as easy as saying ‘previous artists have done workshops, I have done workshops, I’ll do more workshops’. I have done nothing in the past that equates to what is needed to make my busines a success and I have no examples of what others have done. The only example is my mentor and I am aware that time with Debbie is limited and precious – I can’t rely on her for all the answers, she is only one person! I need to find more examples out there…
Filed under: session | Tags: Beyond the Gallery, business, career, case studies, designer-maker, fine artists, makers
The session for Beyond the Gallery Module today was a mixed experience for me. Slightly frustrating for me in that it seems most of the previous ‘Connectors’ have been fine artists or makers who have followed the ‘career’ option rather than the ‘business’ option, so talk of workshops, work in schools and community projects, whilst interesting, is not very relevant to my objectives as a ‘business’ designer-maker.
I was however intrigued by a few of the case study powerpoints Jane showed us which gave a glimpse into other opportunities and ways of using the module to achieve our objectives – I’m going to have to think more on this one. Maybe talking to the other craftmakers within the group would be beneficial – they might feel differently about how the content of the course supports our direction.
