T.I.P: Feedback and move forward

To mark the half way point of the project we had a group feedback session where we viewed each others work collectively with the tutors. It was a really good opportunity to share our experiences and ideas with one another and gain some advice from the tutors.

One of the things i was advised was to really scrutinise my visual research in order to extract the qualities that i liked in them and communicate the mood. My tutors picked up on my eclectic mix of colours and yarns in the weaves as something to develop, as well as concentrating on the composition of my work.

During the session, we also had a chance to look at one anothers work in a bit more detail and give some of our own feedback through the medium of post-it notes. I teamed up with a student who had been doing embroidery for the first few weeks so we could discuss our experiences and share different techniques with each other, i think this was beneficial for both of us as i hadn't done embroidery before and she hadn't woven. It was really inspiring to see the range of work by my peers and helped me to reflect on my own progress. I got some positive feedback from the group which is encouraging as i move on with the project.

I have now moved into working in embroidery and have been introduced to lots of new techniques. Below are some experimental samples. Some of the techniques suit my theme more than others and i will concentrate on and push these further to see what i can achieve.