Module Evaluation

Extended Practice has been a dynamic and quite stressful module that has given me an insight into my specialism through a variety of briefs. This allowed me to determine which briefs worked well and which did not, throuh analysis and evaluation. This module allowed me to learn how to manage my time in the terms of the designs and how to organize my self and work.

Due to time planning, organizing my time ensured the projects ran smoothly especially when some of them overlapped like collaboration briefs, although there were many things out of my control that resulted in me having to think and adapt especially in terms of the collaboration work because it's hard to plan someone else's work. This taught me and I gain knowledge in planning ahead and being prepared for this kind of situations in the future. This is a skill that can be taken forward for the industry, as there will be times where I will be working on multiple collaboration and my own projects in the future.

Due to the collaboration work, I feel I need to be more aware of who I am working with, I cant rely on everyone and prepare in case, someone is unable to work as it disrupts my time management. For one of the collaborative work, I had to do more as it was planned, this resulted in disagreements and tensions because I had to put my extra time doing someone else's part of work in the last minute so, in the end, we could produce a satisfactory outcome.

This module required skills while problem solving, especially when things didn't go according to the plan. While making ceramic work, many sculptures broke due to the thickness. Also in terms of putting colours, our final collaboration deer sculpture didn't look as we wanted it to be, which resulted in having to discuss new ideas and how to produce something successful. This also included problem solving within the video brief 1, things didn't go according to my plan so I had to come up with the new idea of the video using only an audio. I feel it was very beneficial and helpful at the same moment as working in the industry, things may go wrong or not work at all and I must approach the brief in new and more effective ways to generate a successful and pleasing design.

This module has also allowed me to discover an inspiration for working with briefs related to animal's rights, creating campaigns or charities, something I have been wanting to do in the future, and allowed me to this into practice.

Overall, I am proud of the work which I have produced for Extended Practice module and I feel I have evolved as a designer and creative thinker and hopefully be able to use those gained skills while working in the industries after I finish my degree.