Tuesday 9 March 2010
Realisation Journal - Monday 8 March
Today was relatively productive. I didn't get up as early as I would have liked, despite my best efforts, but I got just about everything done that I had planned to do. I got some sample veg tan for sampling and for the laser cutter on Friday and some yarn for joining the pieces. I am almost done with my drawing except for a few details that I just couldn't get right today. Tomorrow I will finish them and work on Illustrator in tracing them after my GP appointment in the morning. I hope that will help the sleep issues get sorted because I've tried my damndest to sort it out on my own and am getting so frustrated that nothing is seeming to work.
Saturday 6 March 2010
Realisation Journal - Friday 5 March
This week wasn't very productive. I am going in next week for a blood test because I want to get my thyroid checked. I feel like I've tried everything to get my sleep dealt with and I still can't seem to wake up. I've barely accomplished anything and I am just racking up more and more stress...and it may not be something I can change with different routines. So when I see my GP next week I'll see what can be done to sort it out...and what I need to change. Something does, because I'm effing up my work by not doing much and just depressing myself. Better to try and be positive and productive in sorting it out (as it's wrecking my life) than to just let it keep on getting worse.
That said, I did reserve four blocks of laser cutting time - two next Friday (so I have time to tweak my Illustrator rendering - and two on the Tuesday afterward. Hopefully I can get the technical bits sorted okay before holiday so I can just come back to my materials (which will hopefully be here by then) and cut them out and put everything together. Even though my design looks super complicated, the construction is actually quite deceptively simple. If it works. Next week it is imperative that I actually go in to uni and finish sampling and do some mocking-up. Tomorrow I am going to add the details to my master drawing and possibly start the Illustrator rendering on Sunday.
That said, I did reserve four blocks of laser cutting time - two next Friday (so I have time to tweak my Illustrator rendering - and two on the Tuesday afterward. Hopefully I can get the technical bits sorted okay before holiday so I can just come back to my materials (which will hopefully be here by then) and cut them out and put everything together. Even though my design looks super complicated, the construction is actually quite deceptively simple. If it works. Next week it is imperative that I actually go in to uni and finish sampling and do some mocking-up. Tomorrow I am going to add the details to my master drawing and possibly start the Illustrator rendering on Sunday.
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Realisation Journal - 1 and 2 March
Monday, 1 March 2010
I didn't sleep all day today. I got to my appointment early and got everything on my to-do list completed. It's now 1:30 and I am going to bed in about 15 minutes. Not bad.
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Today I didn't go to class, even though I got up a bit earlier and had my stuff all ready to walk out the door. Instead I went to Saint Martin's and enlarged my designs and design templates on the photocopier. I need an accurate rendering of my design so the pieces fit together perfectly when they are cut out on the laser cutter. The leaves need to be about 1cm apart from the pieces they are joined to. I did a better rendering today and plan to make adjustments at home via White-Out (Tipex in British?), computer and pen. Then I am going to trace it onto tracing paper and add the detail for etching, leaf edges and eyelet tabs to my tracing. I have to blog for a few minutes tonight, too (which I am doing now, of course - this is all transferred from my diary), and input some data into Word for Hand & Lock.
This new plan I made the other day is far more organised than last week and I've been so much more productive; a better feeling.
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I was supposed to go to work tomorrow, but I postponed it until Friday so I can catch up on sampling and mock-up development at uni tomorrow. I would like to have completed a lot more by surgeries on Thursday.
I didn't sleep all day today. I got to my appointment early and got everything on my to-do list completed. It's now 1:30 and I am going to bed in about 15 minutes. Not bad.
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Today I didn't go to class, even though I got up a bit earlier and had my stuff all ready to walk out the door. Instead I went to Saint Martin's and enlarged my designs and design templates on the photocopier. I need an accurate rendering of my design so the pieces fit together perfectly when they are cut out on the laser cutter. The leaves need to be about 1cm apart from the pieces they are joined to. I did a better rendering today and plan to make adjustments at home via White-Out (Tipex in British?), computer and pen. Then I am going to trace it onto tracing paper and add the detail for etching, leaf edges and eyelet tabs to my tracing. I have to blog for a few minutes tonight, too (which I am doing now, of course - this is all transferred from my diary), and input some data into Word for Hand & Lock.
This new plan I made the other day is far more organised than last week and I've been so much more productive; a better feeling.
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I was supposed to go to work tomorrow, but I postponed it until Friday so I can catch up on sampling and mock-up development at uni tomorrow. I would like to have completed a lot more by surgeries on Thursday.
Monday 1 March 2010
Realisation Journal - Week of 8 February
8 February 2010
Today has pretty much sucked. I am sleeping an insane amount of hours like a hibernating bear. I slept through two alarm clocks, and therefore missed my tutorial. Then it was too late to run any of the errands or do anything else I intended to do. I will have time to cook dinner for once and maybe eating more home-cooked meals (and more veg) will improve my situation a little. Who bloody knows.
11 February 2010
I think I am getting somewhere. I actually didn't do much today, but I fixed my action plan and have sorted out tomorrow, which will mostly be dedicated to Hand and Lock. I have formulated a plan which should allow me to do both my uni work and the competition. I can do the bulk of the embroidery after hand-in, anyway. Tomorrow I am going to go to Hand and Lock to persuade them to let me photograph a jacket they are restoring. Hopefully they will oblige. Then I am going to the National Army Museum to take photos and perhaps find a book on uniforms (it seems per their website that they have an extensive selection for sale). And then - if I have time - I plan to go and view the textile collection at the V&A. After that I plan to do some drawings for my uni project at Bar Italia.
I've tried to break everything down into smaller parts to ensure I cover everything for both projects, but also to ensure that I don't overwhelm myself with a massive daily to-do list. That becomes counterproductive and leads to me feeling that I haven't accomplished anything.
Tutorial helped, too. And I got a 2.1 this term! Not bad!
15 February 2010
Had a more productive day today. Went to the Army Museum to look at uniforms for Hand and Lock. I found a few things similar to what I was thinking. I also got some drawings done for uni. I like the more nature-based forms. They are sort of geometric in their planned-out order, but much more interesting and somehow more modern, without me having to compromise my style. I intend to work on them a bit more tomorrow before going to uni to work on Wednesday.
16 February 2010
My sleep schedule is a bit better and most of it is plain willpower in maintaining a routine. It is the key thing I need to manage in order to accomplish anything to do with uni, Hand and Lock and everything else in my life. I cannot function without seven - but ideally eight - hours of sleep. So I must go to bed early enough to get that and still make appointments or do anything the next day. I must also go to bed within an hour of the same time every night or I will seriously screw things up.
Anyway, today I meant to go to the V&A, but decided to go and do drawings instead. It's proved mildly fruitful. I still like the natural themes better. I need to hone them down to simpler forms and try different leaf patterns, perhaps on A3 as development sheets. I was going to go into uni tomorrow, but I think I'll do the V&A and some development sheets tomorrow so I'll have a clear vision for Thursday. I also wanted to get photos of Waterhouse's church screen to work with. I remember loving it before I knew who did it - or even who Waterhouse was, so maybe it will further inform my designs.
Today has pretty much sucked. I am sleeping an insane amount of hours like a hibernating bear. I slept through two alarm clocks, and therefore missed my tutorial. Then it was too late to run any of the errands or do anything else I intended to do. I will have time to cook dinner for once and maybe eating more home-cooked meals (and more veg) will improve my situation a little. Who bloody knows.
11 February 2010
I think I am getting somewhere. I actually didn't do much today, but I fixed my action plan and have sorted out tomorrow, which will mostly be dedicated to Hand and Lock. I have formulated a plan which should allow me to do both my uni work and the competition. I can do the bulk of the embroidery after hand-in, anyway. Tomorrow I am going to go to Hand and Lock to persuade them to let me photograph a jacket they are restoring. Hopefully they will oblige. Then I am going to the National Army Museum to take photos and perhaps find a book on uniforms (it seems per their website that they have an extensive selection for sale). And then - if I have time - I plan to go and view the textile collection at the V&A. After that I plan to do some drawings for my uni project at Bar Italia.
I've tried to break everything down into smaller parts to ensure I cover everything for both projects, but also to ensure that I don't overwhelm myself with a massive daily to-do list. That becomes counterproductive and leads to me feeling that I haven't accomplished anything.
Tutorial helped, too. And I got a 2.1 this term! Not bad!
15 February 2010
Had a more productive day today. Went to the Army Museum to look at uniforms for Hand and Lock. I found a few things similar to what I was thinking. I also got some drawings done for uni. I like the more nature-based forms. They are sort of geometric in their planned-out order, but much more interesting and somehow more modern, without me having to compromise my style. I intend to work on them a bit more tomorrow before going to uni to work on Wednesday.
16 February 2010
My sleep schedule is a bit better and most of it is plain willpower in maintaining a routine. It is the key thing I need to manage in order to accomplish anything to do with uni, Hand and Lock and everything else in my life. I cannot function without seven - but ideally eight - hours of sleep. So I must go to bed early enough to get that and still make appointments or do anything the next day. I must also go to bed within an hour of the same time every night or I will seriously screw things up.
Anyway, today I meant to go to the V&A, but decided to go and do drawings instead. It's proved mildly fruitful. I still like the natural themes better. I need to hone them down to simpler forms and try different leaf patterns, perhaps on A3 as development sheets. I was going to go into uni tomorrow, but I think I'll do the V&A and some development sheets tomorrow so I'll have a clear vision for Thursday. I also wanted to get photos of Waterhouse's church screen to work with. I remember loving it before I knew who did it - or even who Waterhouse was, so maybe it will further inform my designs.
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