Crossroads By Emily Goold.

I have been at Chelsea for 8 weeks now, I believe the experience and what I have gained out of working in different aspects of art has helped me gain a better perspective on what I want to go into for my foundation course, each rotation has helped me develop my ideas and gain a better perspective on what I am confident in and want to try out. My final chosen area will be, Fashion and Textiles.

The reason for my final choice being fashion and textiles is because its what I was most inspired by from day one, it was the last of my rotations but the one I felt most intrigued and wanting to gain more and research more into. When it came to research, design and drawing were the two main parts, I’ve realised throughout this that I am more of a designer, I look at the piece from another point of view – thinking outside the box, try to design something using my sketchbooks as a guide.

I’m not overly confident when it comes to what aspect/area I want to go into in the fashion and Textile industry, however that doesn’t sway my decision that this is the right choice for me. I enjoyed the work we did, working from different shapes, working with paper to make 3D sculptures; I enjoyed all of the little projects set. I believe that my work reflects what I am capable of, given that we only had 2 weeks to create such a large quantity of work I believe I worked hard and find that my projects could easily be expanded upon.

Looking back through out the 8 weeks I think that the fashion and Textiles was the most intense 2 weeks out of all of them, I think that’s because it was my last rotation I’ve grown out of this A level mind set, moved away from busy books, loads of colour and a lot of painting, I liked the freedom of using anything and everything when it came to materials then making it into a 3D piece, this for me was a big step from a level which shows in my first rotation which was fine art – I was very careful and neat about all my work, I loved the freedom I’m given in my work now, I feel as if there’s so much I can create and design I’m not limited in my choices of work.

Fine Art was my first rotation, working from still life at first. I really enjoyed working with it and the freedom we were given when it came to leading up to a final. I worked on clear acetate for my final using an image I had taken of an old empty market stool round the back streets of Liverpool street, I enjoyed this rotation and it’s freedom/flexibility through out, my work was simple but effective to the eye, my skills and plain view on the work in hand was because I was just adjusting to this new way of working, although my work, as my piers said, was effective and intriguing and very delicate.

My next rotation was Vis.Com, the work was very challenging, and it was all based on ideas and what you thought of your surroundings, your opinions when it came to things that affected you and creating an image/meaning in a very short amount of time. I wasn’t able to fully expand on my final piece however I worked as hard as I could, working in stages, working up to a final piece -that being ‘distance’. With my research I believed it was more about ideas and looking/thinking into things that inspired me, going to the Tate’s etc. I felt as thought my work was left unfinished which I didn’t like, my books seemed empty but the very effective to the eye because they were simplistic, this is something I need to work on, knowing the boundary between a not finished piece to a simplistic/effective one.

3D was my third rotation. When we first went into our 3D class we were told to create something that connected to all sides of the wall and floor to work from using all types of tools e.g. tape, sting etc. I enjoyed doing this and working with a group as you could gain a lot of ideas and meaning behind them by listening and looking into heir work. I went out took pictures to draw from, I created 3D sculpture based on the lines/design and shape of a photographed piece, my work for this module was very step by step which I enjoyed and felt confident in. I enjoyed this project, the creating, I found some amazing artists to go with some of my model pieces which inspired me to my finals, my piers said my work was imaginative, I really like my work having a delicate feel to it, I believe this 3D element helped me into my fourth and final week in fashion and textiles.