Although an awful lot of decision making was involved in formatting and arranging the layout, the main decision to reflect on is the one I made to not only present my finished, titled works that I have exhibited, but to show some less formal products of 'making'. I have catergorised this section into 'making images', 'making objects', 'making as action' and 'making and site'. I have done this because I think it is a major part of my practice - to view only the final pieces would not be an accurate representation of what I do. I often take images (usually the ones I post on Instagram) which are not good enough quality or in an interesting enough format to warrant being an artwork, but are still potentially interesting and thought provoking. As I makes so many maquettes, trialling different structures, materials and compositions it seemed like a good opportunity to show pieces that I am pleased with and find visually exciting that I have chosen not to develop further.
Deciding which works were 'proper' artworks was a curious process that has made me question what it is that I enjoy about art making; for I have selected all the pieces that have been in exhibitions as 'proper' artworks, but some of these are not as interesting ad the scraps and maquettes that are in the making section. I have always found this - that the making is more enjoyable when it is experimental. Maybe I get bored with a work too quickly, so when it more developed with less potential, I find it uninteresting. In one PASS crit I remember having, someone in my year said that it is important to go through your own work every once in a while and evaluate it - throw work away, decide to develop it, make decisions about it. Choosing which catergory to put my work in felt like this, and it has helped me to understand my practice more by observing qualities, themes and attributes that make me think of something I have made as a 'piece of art'.
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