Independent Week Activity



During this week we were asked to undertake independent activities that will help prepare us for the sampling unit, and one group activity that took place on Friday. We were asked to gather visual research in a range of different ways from these three places: Visual Resources at MMU, The Holden Gallery and The Manchester Museum.  During these tasks we where to take into mind Data, Collections and lists. Visiting the Visual Resources was interesting, this was a collection of slides collected over many years, in draw containers, liking to many different topics like fashion, architecture and many more. these were lovely and the way they were presented in the plastic sleeves could be classed as list all part of a collection.

The Manchester Museum was very exciting, we were asked to document our journey there. I chose to do this by taking photos of the street name signs I saw on the way there. This didn't mount up to a large list, but documented my journey well, I then went on to sketching a few. Whilst at the museum I took many photos, and when looking through my photos and the museum I decided to focus on pattern, I was particularly inspired by the collection of shells and their patterns. I have documented these in my sketch book in a range of media.

On Friday we had a group activity which involved getting in small groups of about 5 and discussing our work and struggles during the time so far. I didn't think this was the best way for the group to join together but still I found this nice to see other peoples work and what they had been up to in their own areas.