Eventually....

Well its about 4 weeks since the summer project started and I eventually feel like im getting a handle on things.  Although I havent actually made anything in the physical yet I at least have the the beginings of some research so thats a start.
Im still not sure where exactly im going with this research but I suppose thats a good thing.  I still feel unsure as to what im doing im just hoping that it falls into place and something clicks.  Only time will tell how it will all turn out im just keeping my fingers crossed that im not going too far off on a tangent.
Well lets hope that the next time I update this blog that I have a much better handle on things..

Summer Project....

Ok... so the first days of the summer holidays have arrived and I have begun to have cold turkey already (prime time to start researching).  I have read the details of the brief several times now and I am still none the wiser.  I have to consider the relationship between a part of something and the whole of something... sounds easy right? Well thats were im stumbling it actually sounds a lot easier than it is.
Because im attracted to natural materials I automatically am drawn to look at these first however my thoughts keep drifting to the predictable and the mundane.... trees as part of a forest, grass as part of a garden, bark as part of a tree and so on ... how bloody boring and unoriginal.  I really want to come up with a starting point that is going to inspire me for at least the next year and somehow I don't see myself hugging trees anytime soon.
Back to the drawing board .... and back to reading more words of wisdom from the project guidelines....

• Are there details within a place, an object or a person that tell you something that the whole of that same subject does not????
• What does one reveal that the other does not or cannot????
• How does an investigation of the detail of something and 'the thing itself' contribute to an understanding of a form, how it is made, how it is, how it ages/develops??

These are just some of the questions that should help direct me but im finding it harder than I initially thought.  Right best get back to the journal and INVESTIGATE this project a bit more.   I shall update as I go along (providing that I manage to progress a little further than the questioning stage)