PPRD Presentation

For todays PPRD session we had to creat a presentation about ourselves, it had to include areas like: how we got here, how are we going to takle the 2nd year, what next? and who/what influences us.

I did find this work hard because it ment presenting it to most of the class and speaking out loud in front of everyone. Although I am a loud person in normal day to day life, I havent had much experiance speaking out loud and presenting my work to groups of people; so the thought of it terrifiles me! But it is an important skill to have and as one of my personal weaknesses, it is something I want to develop and turn into a stregth.

When it was my turn to do my Presentation I could feel my heart racing and my hands shaking, but I just fouced on my writen notes and did the best I could. Compared to a group presentation we did last year, I think I was much better at projecting my voice and speaking at a steady speed.
Below is a link where you can view the presentation I produced.
http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVDZ6sGu0H3CZGdoMjc1cTZfMGZzZDdrazg3&hl=en_GB

A New Year

Glad to be back for my second year, it seems like I've been away forever!!!

Over the summer I produced my placement report. Which was a nightmare to send to be marked. I sent to by post but the night before the deadline Sarah Charles contacted me to say she hadn't recieved it. After alot of panicking and running around like a headless chicken I spent hours breaking up my work so I could send it by email. In total I sent 13 emails with my report attached and finialy got to bed at 3 in the morning.

I also started doing research for the Jacket project. I looked at differnt styles, shapes and the components that make up a jacket; collars, pockets and cuffs. I also took a trip to London and went to the V&A to look at the Future Fashion Exhibition.

The exhibition is running from 22nd may 2009 upto 31st January 2010 and showcastes work from The Royal Collage Of Art, Fashion MA graduates finial collection. The display features over 50 oufits and accessiores, and also includes students sketch books and illistrations.

I found the exhibitions really interesting. The work was amazing, with a high standard. There where many differnt styles of jackets which fitted in with my summer project, and gave me a kick start by inspriaring me for my design work.