FINAL EVALUATION

As a strongly self-motivated and self-confident person, group work and collaboration does not always come easy for me, as somone who would often choose to go it alone, even if extra work is required, than involve onself with a larger team. However this unit has pushed me in unexpected ways to really appreciate the potential benefits of collaborative practice.

9/05/2018 - BETH COLLAB THE NEXT DAY

I went back along to look at the collaborations I had pasted the next day and was happy to see both had survived the night.

From these works I realised that having tinner layers or larger single pieces of tissue paper allowed the work to be stuck against an uneven surface much more easily than many layers of small detailed cut paper.

The amount which I had needed to force the shark work onto the wall had blurred some of the detail and smudged the paper. This lessened the clean, crisp, paintlike effect of the tissue however was not an issue on the Lion piece. I can only presume this is down to the thickness, and that the Shark had been finished a while before and given lots of time to dry and harden.

The white circles had regained their opacity once dry, and  worked verry effectively. As did the piece's integration with the blue paint splatter in the background.

I was so happy with how this technique was developing, and sent my results to Beth. She also was really impressed, and asked me if I would like to continue working on the collaborations over summer. I told her that I definitely did, as this new process was exciting me also, and was something I was definitely intersted to continue developing further. With an ecologically driven practice, I think this could become an environmentally conscious alternative to spraypaint and stencils, which could complement for street art practice very effectively.

8/05/2018 - BETH COLLAB FINAL INSTALL

On the Tuesday night the weather was favourable so I went out to paste my works. I had my favourite test location on my mind as someone had spilled blue paint everywhere up one wall days earlier, which I thought could make the perfect backdrop for my lion. This nearby location also allowed me to easily and regularly monitor test pieces such as these and check back repeatedly to see which areas weathered first and how long they survived.

4/05/2018 - BETH COLLAB FINAL PERSONAL RESPONSE

As Beth was now very busy setting up her part of the Degree Show, and told me she was unavailable to pursue our collaboration any further before the end of this unit. So I wanted to create a response to our work together which was entirely my own, but taking into account all the aspects and influences I had felt through our work together.

MOOSEY ART ONGOING WEBSITE DESIGN AND COLLABORATION - INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

In previous units I mentioned the start of my paid work with Moosey Art after years of free volunteering, helping and networking extensively through the business. (See reflective journal 1 2 3) This at the time was focussed around our London exhibition, however I have continued the work since and we have developed a great deal of other areas throughout the business since.