Been thinking

Hi All,

Been thinking more and more about my interview and getting more and more worried. Here's why:-

1.  Halfway through the interview my tutor said he had another interview downstairs and had to dash - bit mean when it was my time - that left me and Andrew the guy in charge of the BA to go over the rest of my stuff.  Thought it was a bit off that Ian couldnt give me all of my half hour.

2.  I was talking to some of the guys on my course who have applied for Brighton, which is a relief because it means it gives us a chance of getting in because they are good!  But they had a word with Ian as they are worried that if they don't get into Brighton then they will be stuck - so Ian has agreed to interview them next week just incase they dont get into Brighton - so does this mean that we will be pushed out if they do come to Hastings college?? 

3. There are only six places and 13 of us were interviewed on Friday.  Then of course now they are interviewing 3 more next week! What chance do I have then!!!

It's all going round in my head and its going to drive me mad until I find out what the score is.

Also Im fed up because - the essay - that I am posting on my journal - was given a distinction by one tutor and a high merit by another and they cant decide what its going to be!! If I get a distinction it will be my first one!!! So why cant I have it - what do you have to do to get one????

Sorry peeps just sounding off - I can see that that would be a bit boring for you all to read but just getting it off my chest - Im gonna have a moan about work tomorrow got an issue with that too!! LOL

Love Laine xxx

 

Interview went well

Thanks so much for your comments everyone - the interview went really well - I think!! How do we ever know what other people are thinking.  Anyway, I got positive vibes off of them both.  I felt relaxed and there were no awkward pauses - I felt that my work just sold itself for me as they were very impressed with it. Especially the Leader of the course who hadnt met me before - the fine art tutor is my tutor already and he hadnt seen my work for a while so he was interested to see my transition.  All in all I felt good when I came out - I should hear in about one to two weeks. Fingers crossed!!!

I will put my alerts back on now I feel less pressured! Be good to see how everyone is doing! Mind you its full steam ahead now for my exhibition - I only have about five weeks to do it!! LOL I like working under pressure.

Take care

Love Laine xx

 

Interview!!!!

Hi Everyone,

I've got my interview tomorrow!!! EEEEEEK!!! I had a mock interview with my tutor today - she was really hard on me! I got through it though - she said I should be fine as my work is really strong! I just got to believe in myself! I'm just finishing off my port-folio now - nearly there! Interview at one o'clock!! So got time to make myself look presentable and any last minute bits I need to do.

Will let you know how I get on and I will be back on alerts after that!!!

Hope you are all well.

Love Laine xxxxx

Alerts

Sorry I forgot to say - I've not turned my alerts on again yet - probably be back on next weekend.  I will be visiting you all though so watch out for me LOL. Love Laine xxxx

Sunday

Hello all,

I did finally get round to putting my 4th part of my essay on my journal at the weekend but I dont think anyone got the alert for it. 

Im getting on really well with my work - I've made a good start on pasting all my images onto my model - so Im feeling a bit better about that. I've got to get all my stuff ready for my interview on Friday - which Im not worried about really - I either get in or I dont!!

Bought a gorgeous gorgeous dress for my brother's wedding - will try get a pic of it when I can.

Take care everyone and hope you all had a great weekend.

Love Laine xxxx

 

 

Part 4 of essay

Fig. 5. Take a chance on  me. Sculpture, 2004, Elaine Sayers

 

Sonja Wyndham-West, tutor, reminded me of my sculpture that I worked on last year (see fig 5). I created a cardboard box sculpture painted with white acrylic, covered in text messages, lines from emails, real personal ‘stuff ‘ that I glued  all over the box and made it public. The dice were symbols of the chance I had taken in love.

 

One of the many artists I was studying at that time was Tracy Emin. I was particularly interested in her work ‘Everyone I ever slept with’. Emin was brave enough to embroider a tent with more than 100 names of people that she had ‘slept’ with. (See fig. 6). It was a bold statement but subtle at the same time. To read all the names one had to crawl in to the tent – thus making men crawl rather than stand tall. This tent was a very clever piece of work, very creative and very meaningful.  The viewer, once inside, would be encompassed by Emin’s thoughts and feelings.  The same way I want to encompass the viewer of my work.

 

Fig. 6 ‘Everyone I ever slept with’, Tracy Emin, 1997

 

I was encouraged by Sonja to reinstate the excitement I had when I was involved in my sculpture project. I needed to change my direction. I took a look at the workspace I had at college. It was not adequate enough for creating the atmosphere I wanted. I had a partition put in to create my own space and enable me to surround myself with my work.  I put down the paintbrushes, picked up my digital camera and headed for the woods where I would take multiple photographs and use them to bring a sense of exterior space inside. This was going to be the beginning of something very new and exciting.  I felt the need to share this with other people so I created a journal on the internet and logged my day to day experiences and thoughts about my work.  It was brilliant, a great buzz, people were excited about my work and encouraging me from all over the world. 

hello

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well.  I'm still struggling with my work load and thats why I havent turned on my alerts yet - but I will visit you all later to see how you are all doing.

My interview for my top-up degree is next week and like my tradition I am no where near ready for it yet!! I'm also still struggling to make my model for my final piece but none of its worrying me yet!!!

I had some lovely news last night - as I may have told you before my brother is getting married in August, in Norwich - anyway, he asked me to be his witness last night - how chuffed am I!!! It had never even crossed my mind that he would want me to be his witness!!! Im so excited!!!!

Anyway take care my journal buddies - I will be back LOL!!

Love Laine xxxx