I can safely say that this has been one of the busiest days of the year.
Alongside the pressure to finish all off all work for the Locating deadline, I felt the added pressure of Unit X. This morning we were emailed a list of briefs that we could choose to work from for our next unit, however after reading them through, I was uninspired by them all, and felt that I had chosen the wrong college to be placed in. This was odd, seeing as my chosen college had been to work as part of a design team, something that I have always thought I would best suit, as I enjoy collaborative working environments and the chance that I may be able to learn new skills when working with different faculty practitioners.
I got myself all worked up ( really for no reason), bumped into Kate who recommended that I went and spoke to both Fiona and Mark about possibly moving into their college, Blue Sky Thinking. When I'd first seen the write up for this college, I was interested, but felt that working in a design team would be more enjoyable.
In the afternoon I found Fiona, telling her that I'd rather 'jump in front of a bus' than do my originally chosen college (drama queen award goes to me), so was ushered into the office to speak more in depth as to what the other colleges had to offer. I was really excited by what this new college had to offer, taking a chance on doing something I wouldn't usually pick as I think that that is the best way to learn, and besides, I like to challenge myself. I was also recommended to go and speak to the third year embroidery students, and in doing so, fond that all of the textiles students that chose Fiona/ Mark's college were both embroiderers, and highly recommended the unit. So with this all in mind, I've managed to change over colleges, and feel much better again.
I was also able to speak to Fiona regarding yesterday's tutorial, I did feel upset that it was so late in the unit to finally get to see everybody else's work, and we spoke about how I maybe would have benefited more from being placed in a different embroidery group. On a much more positive note, it was really uplifting to talk about how much I had enjoyed working in the studio, and how in doing so, I'd been getting to know the other embroidery group a lot better and we had been critiquing each other's work and helping one another out practically everyday. Everything worked out well in the end!