mind map of my past, present and future



This is my mind map. As a class we were asked to create a mind map of our past, present and future. This was really helpful as it allowed me to think about where I have came from and where I would like my future to go.

 
As a class we were asked to pin up our mind maps and discuss about what each of us found out about ourselves. It was clear at this point that everyone in the class were beginning to talk about the same things, so after this we began to make a "network" to connect all the things that everyone has in common.  We found out that everyone had a lot more in common than we thought and that many of us were looking at the same future goals. 

 
This was a really helpful exercise as it allowed me to see that there are many different possible futures as allot of us see a future in teaching.  Some people are thinking about becoming part-time artists or even travelling.   

 
There were allot of people within the class who were travelling down the contemporary art practice and applied practice pathway, but there were only three of us who were going down the visual communication pathway. This was interesting as each of us in the visual communication block are doing completely different thing. 

 
Another thing that I noticed is that most people are not concentrating on the one pathway and that they are experimenting and developing with other skills. I found this really helpful to know as I now know that people are in the same position as me and by communicating to each other we should be able to help each other. 

Constructed Text Part 2

Here I have taken my paper piercing techniques further. I began creating more complicated designs looking at the way I could make 2D design 3D. I feel my final piece was successful as I really like how my work flows and how I have made the letters look as if they are actually bursting.

Again the lighting was really important as when the light shines through each letter you can see the amazing patterns that are created on the wall. This technique is something that I would like to take further and develop.

Constructed Text

Burst

Again I have come back to looking at paper piercing techniques. I really enjoyed when I last done this so I decided to take it further within this project. I was asked to create a 3D constructed text on a word. The word I chose was burst and I was asked to create the word but also what it meant. So the idea that I came up with was that I wanted the piece to look as if it was bursting into life. As you can see I began creating 2D pieces creating the words and patterns around the letters to look like the letters were bursting.

 

 

The lighting was really important within these pieces as light hit the wall you could see how the letters began to stretch away as if they were actually bursting.  The colour was also important as when the light was reflected on the wall you could see that there was a range of different colours starting off as a bright yellow fading away to a dark orange.  I feel this piece was really successful but it could have been taken much further.   



 

 

These are more of my own photos from a distance to show how the word was bursting into life.