Unit X - Post 4

Throughout this project I feel my work has begun to develop and reflect me as a practitioner. Not only have I begun to address the weaknesses in my work I feel I am now at a stage to amend and develop my mistakes forcing my project to grow naturally.

Unfortunately I did not collaborate much with others and my main collaboration was with Wallace and Sewell. I believe this was due to a lack of confidence in my work and being apprehensive of another person relying on me. However I do now feel more confidence and more direction so would defiantly consider further collaborations in order to broaden my horizons.

The importance of collaboration was defiantly highlighted for me in the professional lectures. It helped remove some of the uncertainty for me and show clear benefits from surprising outcomes that would have never normally been considered to creating important bonds and links within the industry.  

I feel the most challenging aspect of this unit was making sure you satisfied every client’s needs and demands. I feel I focused too heavily on Wallace and Sewell and that more emphasis on the national trust would have benefited the project and its direction. I also found the time management difficult with only having a 2 week period on the loom. Although this was challenging it did force me to utilise all my time on the loom which will be essential in third year. I also found the initial stages of the development difficult but I believe I addressed the issue and amended my mistakes well in my final 3 samples.

 As I believe I am progressing with my work and becoming more confident with the outcomes I feel my work is at a high 2:2 low 2:1 level. Due to previous marks of 2:2 I hope that my work has showed enough development and is reflected in my grade.  I aim to take this focus forward with me into final year and continue to embrace the project in order to push my grades higher.