Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Visual Narratives: Group Crit and Feedback



This morning I presented my findings, interviews, sketches, fact cards and ephemera to my peers. My presentation went really well with the amount of research I'd brought and explaining the journey I had taken so far in my research. Feedback was very positive and my peer group noted that the fact cards were a great addition, containing interesting facts and statistics.

Tutorial Record Sheet
Issues discussed at the tutorial:
Hobbies, knitting, yard, 'world of wool', psychology of collecting, value, memories, toy collecting, miniatures, buttons, button shop, grape-shaped buttons, bears from old clothes and buttons, Duttons for Buttons has over 12,000 buttons, button fairies, placing hands in tub of buttons for therapy purposes, tactile and relieving stress, button groups on social media, void of buttons, button room, symbols of childhood and family, 1 in 75,000 people have a fear of buttons, phobias, portfolio of buttons.

Tutor / Peer action:
Great breadth of research, observational sketches, purchased and collected items (button card, photographs, buttons, library books, canvas bag, 3 interviews with lots of facts and experiences). Well prepared and interesting presentation.

Student action:
Continued research into buttons, keeping an open mind to any new information and sparks of inspiration, continued sketches.

Reflection
While I didn't find the group crit too beneficial in terms of new suggestions or inspirations from others' projects, it was still good to see everything physical that I have gathered so far in front of me and to share with everyone the fun I've had exploring the world of buttons so far. My tutor and I both agree that exploring the benefits of buttons further would make an interesting picture book with some interesting visuals - so my next steps are to continue researching into people's experiences until I feel satisfied there is enough content for a picture book. I may want to explore media and materials research over Christmas alongside further research.

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