On the 24th, we had group tutorials based on our work made so far. As the project is still in its very early stages, I felt it was crucial to attend to ensure I had started off with my development being coherent and fitting my theme, as well as seeing the stages of other classmates work to get a feel of where I am in the project.

My feedback overall was positive, receiving comments such as my work appearing ‘confusing yet calming’ and having strong elements of colour and shape. I was also recommended a few artists names to look at, such as Joan Eardly and Laura Callaghan who I will look into more this week to aid my contextual research.
An idea suggested was to work directly onto my body. I found this a potential route to experiment as I plan on working with clothing, but didn’t even think about directly onto my body. This could be an interesting method due to the intimacy of my subjects such as appearance, relationships, and physical health.
It was agreed that using embroidery in my work was a good path to take due to the way I have been using mark making so far, combining my interest in mixed media, bringing together fashion and drawing.

One question asked was concerning my intention of how I was creating my work. I was told the drawings resemble the chaos of puberty and womanhood – coming to terms with our lives changing. As I have recently come out as using the pronouns they/them, this struck with me as I didn’t realise I could use this experience to aid the way I create. I can use my confusion, worries and excitement in a positive way through line expressive mark making.

Overall, I left feeling positive about my work so far and it gave me the motivation to continue on my plan supported by a few new ideas to try out.