Setting up for our exhibition was great fun; It was lovely to see the group of us helping one another with the set up and layout. Myself and Claire kept to our textile roots- using our images and repeat patterns in collaboration. Our designs were being shown as visual outputs that could ultimately be used for the branding and visual merchandising of our design festival- used on items such as tote bags, posters, clothing etc. I like the idea of visual branding, allowing the audience to take part of the design festival away with them as a momentum.
After setting up our exhibition, we had a short amount of time to practice for our pitch. Up until yesterday, it was decided that only two people would be speaking for the presentation however after consideration; and thinking that it may be intimidating for the panel to have nine extra bodies 'hanging around', we thought it would be best to split the pitch into our different sections of working. Doing it this way around meant that we would be able to talk about our own pieces of work and our contribution to the design festival planning. I have never been a confident speaker, and became very nervous before hand. (let's say no more). After sorting out exactly what needed to be said, and having a motivational conversation with a few members of the textiles practice, I felt a little more confident, and overall, the pitch did go very well.
Reflecting back to pre-pitch- feeling stressed out made me act extremely out of character, something that doesn't happen very often. I know that in the future delivering my ideas/ work to an audience is something that I will have to face a considerable amount of times. Talking about my own practice should be something to be passionate about, not worried.