Today i researched about The bank of england and black and decker, it was very hard to develop ideas, i couldn't find any connections between them, i have looked at some clothes made with metal and wire but it wasn't inspiring at all. Later Helmert check in groups our small change work in progress. Having an opportunity to see others works and ideas is very good and interesting. I can learn from the comments the tutor gave to my friends.

Today i was struggling to fine ideas for this project, Helmert helped me and he said that i should research about The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street i developed some purse ideas, and i want to use fabric for this project.

I didn't have time to finish my project on time, i was not happy with my final outcome, i am going tomorrow at the metal workshop to change the aspect of the purse, today i have spent my day in the metal workshop, and i made some metal attachment to the shoe accessory for the small change project.

i have finished the purse, and i like the final look, i have used an old skirt for the purse material, and an old necklace for the top part.

Today in class everyone showed their research and favourite designer, on workflow, it was good watching and listening to them because everyone had different reasons why they liked the designer that they've chosen. Because everyone observed different things than i did, and it somehow opened my eyes. I have found out that some really good designers are teaching at CSM at the BA courses. After this an artist came to CSM and he talked about his life and the decisions that he had made, the projects that he had. He talked about a very interesting project that he came up with called "30 things in 30 days" and evey day he was creating something new and posting on his blog, i really liked this idea of speed creating because i have observed that i have good ideas and outcomes when i am under pressure of time. He also mentioned that improvisation is the heart of creativity, which I think is true, as my ideas often are a combination of my research and the improvisation from different things, like playing with random fabrics or drawing something without thinking, etc. 

After the talk, we were introduced to the Bespoke project, and immediately start researching at the library, we also got an interview paper to ask questions to our group mates and learn more about them. After an hour i had a paper full of information, i started to look for books that contain some key words that i had on my paper, but it wasn't very successful, so when i got home i researched on the internet, and the research was quite good, i think.

Today we started the day by having an introduction from Jane Francis about the jewellery course from LCF, it was an interesting introduction, and I liked the fact that they collaborate with the fashion students. After that I looked at some of their student's portfolios, it was nice and I saw a big range of different ideas in their works, but I don't think that the jewellery pathway suits me. And then I had my jewellery introduction and learned the name of the tools and how we can use it and for what. I continued my day trying to understand the project and what I was really expected to do. There was one thing I knew for sure, that I wanted to do something on the body. The tutor helped me understand what the project was about, and he did a sketch to show me where my starting point was and on what I had to concentrate more. I've put my research in my sketchbook and started developing some ideas. When I got home I did another research because I kinda new what I wanted to do.

Today was about model making, i have spend my day trying to make something that looks like my drawings, my first idea was to make a protective jungle for bam, using the delicate structure from the palm leaves, and i kinda managed to make it from fire am paper, but then it wasn't as interesting as i thought it would be, so i added another "structure" too, it was okay this time but still i felt like something was missing, so i thought that maybe i should put green fabric between the body and the structure, so it would look like some how a cage, like no one could get in there, and Bam was safe. After class i stayed to make other models, as i feel that my ideas come to me when i am randomly doing something. I made a hole into a cardboard and put it on a mannequin and then i started weaving some paper straws, and i had this idea of dead jungle hanging around the body, like caring around and don't wanting to let go of it, some how like Bam is holding on to her family. I did some sketches and it was all for today.

Today Benjamin showed us the basic knowledge that we should know about shoe making, it was a very interesting process, how all this flat materials can be shaped into a shoe. After that i went to the metal workshop and started making the leaf structure, i have been before in the meal workshop but i didn't really know how to use the tools that were right for my project and i started to experiment and soon my leaf was ready. Learning through my making process was interesting and good, because i have learned from my mistakes.

Today i have spent my whole day in the metal workshop, i made quickly the other leaf, and i was impressed that i have managed to make them quite symmetrical, and then i had to connect them, i had a problem while i was trying to connect them, i couldn't make them to stay straight, i have lost a lot of time on this, and finally i did a belt on which i put the leaves, at least they were staying. When i got home i started to wrap wool around the metal, because i didn't like that metallic look.

Today was the presentation day. I?ve learned that the materials that we have used in our final outcome is important, and that we should experiment and find the right material fits the best to our work. I also saw my class mates works. It was good to see others works and sketchbooks so i could see clearly where my week points are. Some sketchbooks had an interesting material  and drawing combination which was very inspirational. There were many good idea development and drawing techniques in sketchbooks which I learned and of course I could improve mine. My sketchbook wasn't good because i didn't spent enough time on it as i should've have.