Module Evaluation
I feel that the process of researching that I have gone through during the progression of this project has greatly influenced and informed my final body of work. Every piece of creative work that I have generated within this project has been as a result of the research that I have done and the relevance that I believe it has had to the subject matter that I have been focusing on.
I would be the first to admit that I found this module tricky due to the vast nature of doing a research project and all of the different avenues that open up to you as a result of the research carried out. I feel impressed with myself and very pleased with the depth and variety of research that I have carried out for this project, finding information and facts out about two cultures that previously I knew very little about. I also have un-earthed some interesting statistics about possessions that I have owned for years but have never given a seconds thought about where they originate from and what those places are like. The research that I have collected, through the investigation of other cultures, into clothing brands and retailers and the belongings that I have I feel has created a rich and varied body of work that I have been thoroughly interested in. My focus on research and ensuring I explored as many strands of research as possible somewhat delayed my creative response and made me almost fearful of producing work that would not do justice to all the information that has intrigued me throughout the project. The research that I have done, particularly in regards to Bangladeshi and Turkish cultures has been so crucial to my body of work that I have developed that I wanted it to be as respectful and complimentary to what I have discovered as possible. I think that my process of research has been extremely effective to the point where I think in some ways I enjoyed it too much, finding out as much as I could do and this held me back for a while in generating creative responses. I feel going forward finding a more equal balance between research and response will help me to further develop as a designer. I think with a greater balance throughout this project I could have developed an even wider range of creative responses. I am really pleased with the quality of the creative work that I have generated. I feel that it is quite exploratory and varied, demonstrating my creative response to my research in a variety of ways. I am specifically pleased with the the t-shirts that I manufactured myself using the processes of Screen printing and |
Stencil printing featuring designs inspired by Turkish and Bengali cultures. Foremost I am pleased with the quality of the final t-shirts, having never done any of the printing processes before it was definitely an interesting learning curve. I also feel that they are suitably representative of the research I have collected during this module. I wanted to generate a creative response that took the western ideas of printing imagery on t-shirts and utilise to represent the cultures of just a couple of places where we source our clothing from. I feel that the imagery and designs that I created are contemporary and suitable for both clothing and the narrative that I wanted them to embody.
I feel that I have learned a great deal throughout this project. I feel that I have truly learnt the impact and influence that thorough and carefully conducted research can have on my ideas and design. I feel in reflection I am now learning that it is important to almost straight away utilise research to creatively respond to it and not be fearful or hesitant. I have also experimented with new printing and manufacturing processes that I have never done before, taking me completely out of my comfort zone. This is something that in particularly I really enjoyed. When I reflected on the previous module, Creative Practice, I established that this was something that I wanted to do more of in my work, taking risks and experimenting. I feel that I beginning to develop a comfortable confidence in taking risks and not being afraid of something going wrong. Going forward I would like to experiment further with even more new and unexplored techniques and see how that impacts my work. I feel that with more time I would have like to have further explored the visual presentation and inclusion of the languages of both countries more prominently within my creative work. This is something that I toyed with whilst developing some creative experiments but did not feel confident enough in my knowledge and understanding of the respect languages of Turkey and Bangladesh to print them onto my t-shirts. I really have enjoyed the process of this module, even if I am somewhat disappointed in my initial hesitation to 'create something, create anything' as Adam told me in a tutorial. I think that there are further possibilities with the depth of research that I have collected to continue working on this project and not see it as finished and concluded. I feel I would personally like to play around with some more printing techniques, using an array of material to print onto, with the inclusion of the languages of Bengali and Turkish. I'll just have to see where my growing confidence to take risks as a designer takes me . . . |