Things feel as though they are getting a little out of hand this week. We have just under four weeks until deadline day, and I feel as though I'm stuck in a jumble of work. I really need to focus and try to work out a plan for the week, in order to settle my worries of work. I feel that this project is going well, and there IS an obvious direction that my work is going in, it's just trying to explain it that is proving difficult!
Yesterday afternoon I sat in the studio with Phoebe, and we spoke informally, yet in detail about our projects, helping one another with ideas. It's always a nice way to spark new ideas and bounce off each other's working styles- I find it much easier to sit in the studio with the girls, with inspiration all around, than at home which is full of distractions. Later on in the afternoon it was refreshing to be able to sit with Fiona for a good amount of time, and have a really lovely chat about her style of working, inspirations and in general, career- it's not something that we hear much about in tutorials, so really enjoyed it.
Some of the things that I need to think about are my glue gun samples and colour palette ideas. I need to think what to do with them, whether they'll fit into my project etc etc. This week I decided that going home for a couple of days may help to clear my head- by leaving the bulk of my work in Mancester I should be able to just sit and get on with some sketchbook work with no distractions. The train journey home is always a great time to gether thoughts- I got on with my fabric/ yarn technical file- I'm glad that I went along with creating one, it's a great way to find weights and textures quickly and easily, without aving to rumage through hundreds of samples and store. I also wrote out all of my ideas for this unit- where it's heading and how to get there.
Hopefully if all goes to plan, it means I shall be able to turn my drawings into embroidery samples next week in the machine room.