Saturday 21st March, 2015

Today I got an idea for my project, I've always been interested in buildings and derelict ones and their upkeep.  I like the idea or jewellery being something you upkeep too or decorate so I had an idea I would create a piece of jewellery and it would come along with interesting packaging that may give ideas into customizing it and to make it interactive including a twitter name they can send images to.

17th - 20th March 2015

This week I did loads of sketchbook work and research, planning what I'll do over Easter break and spoke with Cerys about what I'd done so far.

Monday 16th March, 2015

Today we set up our exhibition at Erddig, everyone that wanted their pieces in cabinets was placed in the Dairy in the end and we all helped each other as a team when help was required outside.

11th-13th March, 2015

Through this week I went away to find out what theme I wanted to use and base my project off. I find buildings and shelter really interesting so I think I will go down a structured route but keep it simple! I went to Chester Zoo and took some photos of the shelters there and also got some secondary research off Pinterest.

Tuesday 10th March, 2015

Today we received our new brief that linked in with our creative futures week. We were due to have new seminars on how to start a business and all the things that come along with it. I was really excited about our Dragons Den project as this will help us create bread and butter pieces to start a business and help us work within a project to make something interesting.

Monday 2nd March -5th March 2015

Creative Futures.

Monday - 
On the Monday we all attended the opening ceremony for Creative futures and really enjoyed the first talk with Bedwyr Williams then I went to the Intellectual Property with Dafydd Evans which was really helpful but I'm looking forward to researching more into this and having Cerys explain everything more in depth. Next I went to Jenny Barkers lecture on getting commissions  and stayed for Steve Hitchin's talk, i loved his sketchbook work and it inspired me to record all my ideas more in my sketchbook.

Tuesday-
Today I went to a lecture on the National Theatre Wales & Collaborative Arts Practice but I couldn't see how it really related to my course and should have picked a different lecture. The last lecture I went to was Kate Hamilton Hunters on her Jewellery business, It was interesting seeing inside her business but her work wasn't to my taste.

Thursday-
I attended 'running a bespoke craft business' by Gemma Roberts, I really loved hearing about how she's doing with her business only in it's early stages. She spoke about online presence and how she networked to get where she is which was an idea for getting my business started when I graduate. The last lecture I went to was Wendy Lawrence's seminar on her ceramic business, she was very down to earth and realistic about her business as she worked for a company in Wales too, this helped her invest in her business and now she only works part time.

Friday 27th February, 2015

Today I finished the tops up to place on the top of my rings then oxidised them in liver of sulphur until they were a dark grey/black colour then put renaissance cream on them to lock it in.