Evaluation

What have you learned over this process?

Well what this and the last project gave me really was a true look at myself and what i wanted to look at in my work, i have done alot of art but i have never just looked at myself and said what do i like what do i want to get into this piece and this module finally taught me to start doing it.

Another very vital thing i have progresse along with is my forging techinque, i have had prior experince but only as an apprentice so when it comes to my own forging i would consider myself a novice but over the last few months i can see it slowly moving along. I am getting alot faster and alot cleaner with my forging, comparing the piece i created in this project to the first project shows a massive jump in skill, i have quite some way to come admitly but its nice to see that i am on the right path/

What would you like to work on for next time?

Well one of the main things i was told through alot of tutorails was about my sampling and really portraying my drawings into the steel as accuractly as possible. I have done it in a few examples but not as much as i would like to, i think with progression of skill this will become a lot easier.

Keeping to my time scale would be a massive thing for me to work on, i set out a detailed time plan at the start and as i look back now i did everything completley different. I got my piece done but i was scraping it just abit something i really want to get out of the habit of doing. With the few projects i have got over the summer i will be really sticking to a time scale.

How well do you think you did in this project?

I am personally very happy with the project and the final piece, it isnt the greatest forging i will admit that but it is as close to my drawings as i could do myself. There are a few samples as well as a large portion of my sketch book which i am really happy with. If i had to mark myself i would put my work around a 2.2 hopefully.

What are you most of proud of? And what do you think was your biggest disappointment during the project?

Well i am most proud of my sketchbooks i would say, the first one maybe not so much but the second two i put alot of work into those and i really starter to develop a style that i was comfortable with. The final piece itself was quite a high point for me, seeing all my work finally in the flesh.

The biggest disappointment would be the intail part of the assessment, i let myself down and my peers with my attuide and preformance during that part of the project. I was in a bad spot and it didnt make it easy to get a creative idea out so i made shit and tried to pass it off that i was proud of it. I wont be putting many of first samples onto my desk as to say i was not proud of them is an understatement.

6th of June

Well it was hand in day today, i managed to get everything up with only a few hicups on the way.

 A couple of the slips up i ran into today was the lack of a drill to screw in the bottom plate, there were alot of people using so i didnt get chance so i had to tack it in with nails which im not right happy with but had very little option.

The candle is a little larger than i had intended to bring in, the trouble being it didnt quite fit in the base made for a much small candle. I just really wanted a strong colour candle to really contrast the metal. So my own mistake that one.

And the main problem which again is another fault of my own, is the wood isnt quite cut as straight as i would have liked so i had some trouble with the top screw. They are just a few tweaks but they are the little things that make a piece come together, something i have to remeber next time.

 Well now we are all handed in i can finally relax and let my energy build back up, i have a feeling if i make it to the 2nd year i am going to need it.

Got a few nice projects for the summer to keep me busy, might update my tech journal with a few bits but this dear journal isnt going to be touched till i return in October. 

1st of June

Well today was intresting, i got up with the intention of taking the massive log i have as a stand to the HE center so i didnt have too much to carry around on wednesday. I managed to carry it in but jesus it was heavy and the amount of people that just kept saying hey got wood mate, god that got old.

After i had put it down i met up with Will and he started going over my desk with me, he point out two of the candle holder samples i had made that he said were quite nice pieces to go with the final one. I mentioned maybe if i took them home for the weekend put a finish on them similar to my final piece, he agreed so i took them down and brought them back.

 So this was me this afternoon working away putting some finish on the steel, you can see the two pieces me and will chose in both shots. I will be doing the finish on my final piece tommorow so pictures for that up after.

In other news i had Will turn up after his forging today with his piece in bits.

 The peice itself is looking really sharp as it is, just need a few finishing touches doing to it. He is coming over tommorow to use my grinder and blow torch and for my help in finishing it so busy day tommorow.