Week Ten

I had an interview for Nottingham Trent University this week so I spent a lot of time preparing for this. On Monday and Tuesday I was getting work ready and finishing off organising my portfolio ready for the interview on Wednesday. I decided to take my current project even though it isn’t finished as it shows how I have developed from the last one where I used the same theme of architecture. I put old projects in the back of my portfolio in case they wanted to see some more work, and also took along my current sketchbook, as I have had some good feedback from one of the lecturers at Staffordshire University about it. And I also took with me, a folder on my future progression, and some written essays. I was really nervous for my interview, as it is the first that I have had and I know how hard it is to get into Nottingham Trent as they have really high standards. The course is a one-year top up called international fashion business, which looks really interesting. This worried me a bit about what they would want to know. Would they want to see any work? Or is it more about the written side. I went to Nottingham with Sarah, Vicki and Lacey as they also had interviews on the same day. This didn’t help really having other people there as it just made me worry about whether they were better then me, or were they more prepared then me. I was the last one to be interviewed so I had a lot of waiting around to do. After each of the girls had had their interview they came out and said what happened, each one seemed to get asked harder questions. I thought I was going to be really caught out and get asked something unexpected. When I went in for my interview I was surprisingly relaxed and chatted away to the two ladies interviewing me. We spoke about different things in fashion, and different shops, and even about ethical issues. Everything they asked I answered well, but I chatted away onto something else as I wanted to tell them as much as I could, but I think this may have done more harm then good as I didn’t watch my English very well! I spoke as though I new them. They were laughing along with me and it was really good, I didn’t feel as though I had been asked anything, which caught me out. I think that if I don’t get in it isn’t because they didn’t like me or that my work wasn’t right, as they said some good things about my work, I think it would just be down to whether they think that course is right for me. Wednesday night and Thursday I worked on my black file to get it all finished off before the Easter break so that it was out of the way. I want to get as much work done as I can throughout the holidays. I would like to make some more samples and photograph them. I have ordered some more mesh from the mesh company that should come sometime next week. I sent an email to them asking whether I could get some cut in different sizes. They were really helpful, and gave me a really good deal. I got some sheets free, some with money off, and it worked out less then half price even though I was asking them to cut it me specially. I would also like to get some more file work out of the way over the holidays, I need to start my yellow one and finish the purple. I need to do some fashion illustrations to see if they can be used for the exhibition or not. I want them to be a really high standard so I don’t want to rush them. I think it’s best if I make the new samples first and take photographs as these can then be used within them. To show that I have developed them throughout the project and not just stayed the same. I have done a lot of work on Photoshop so I can always do some illustrations on here or even by hand. I will probably do both. I am a bit worried about what I will end up with for my show. I know that some of the other girls are doing more then one dress. Because mines more complicated I don’t even think I can make one. And i am not sure that I could even get it made for me with it being so technical. It would be really complicated and expensive. I might try and think of a way of doing something over the holidays.