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  The aim of today's session was to evaluate and reflect on the course, and to make a group plan in preparation for the final presentation.   The group sharing event will take place at the library on the 5th of August, joined by invited guests who have played an integral role during the course. Anna, Kat, and Erni offered their ongoing constructive support and guidance which was welcomed by the group, resulting in another productive session! We were presented with questions relating to our personal experiences of the course, intended to evaluate outcomes with the opportunity to reflect on the course in general. What have you learned and discovered from Exploring Collections? What have you learned about art and museums? What have you learned about yourself? How would you like to take this forward? As a group, we wrote down our individual thoughts and experiences, then compiled the information to create a collaborative collection using words and phrases. This is intended to ...

Today at the library was an opportunity to discuss and share our suggestions, thoughts, and ideas for our creative responses to our chosen objects. The group produced a collaborative contemporary frieze based on our visual creative interpretations. Each of us were then given a piece of paper to express our individual thoughts and ideas, and the opportunity to share this with the group for discussion. This gave me clarity of my initial ideas, and with visual interpretations, has confirmed my final creative response and design objectives. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ASSIGNMENT TWO My suggestion is to produce wearable items based on the "Crosh Bollan" and it's symbolic reference as a talisman, and create a timeline that identifies key facts about the object from my research in the form of hanging mobile.           I am proposing a  "tessellated" design in the form of a postcard or printed T-shirt design that reflects the shapes and patterns within my object. I also...

The group let off some creative energy - Anna and Kat evaluate our collaboration                   Interpretative :   "Meaning - Usage - Examples" Today at the library was a reflective, interactive, and creative experience - providing an introduction to assignment two.  As a group, it was an opportunity to be creative with how we share knowledge about our chosen objects by reflecting our findings through visual and verbal representation. We were joined by Kate Davey from Outside In who presented an overview of the organization, and the support that they offer artists who face barriers when accessing the art world. VERBAL Kate was also keen to hear about our research objects, an opportunity for each of us to respond verbally to interpret our findings. I learnt that it is easier to describe something that I am familiar with, but being on the receiving end is far more difficult without visual references and background infor...

          Today began with a presentation by Erni Pelham relating to her research project. This was an interesting interlude, outlining key facts and findings, providing me with tips for my final presentation.               ASSIGNMENT ONE - CONTEXT No. 269 A PHARYNGEAL BONE FROM A BALLAN WRASSE FISH My research journey began during a visit to the museum stores, where I noticed a photocopied image on the wall behind Gary Edwards desk which captured my attention. My object was staring me in the face, I found the object visually appealing, and at first glance I thought it was a piece of jewellery, a pendant encrusted with pearls, how wrong I was! I had no idea of the scale of the object, the image was secondary, making it difficult for me to guage it's actual size. Object measurements: 4 cm long x 2 cm deep x 1 cm thick. Within the stores on a shelf was a box of small transparent bags containing artefacts, my object was a...