FMP The Presentation 26th March

The Presentation   26th March

There are three PowerPoints still to be done today including mine. With a two week holiday, I was hoping to get a lot of feedback on my work so that I could do a lot more primary and secondary research.

My PowerPoint was at 10am. I was ready and a little nervous to get it over and done. Even though I have improved at speaking in front of people, I think I still have a long way to go. I was eager to get feedback after I explained my project. I was really looking forward to hearing from everyone and getting honest comments, even if its negative. It's a good chance to improve and expanded my ideas. As I talked through each slide, I have to remember to speak louder and to look at the group. Although I did do this, I need to make sure to hold their attention and to get them involved with the PowerPoint.

With the talk over, I could then open the floor to questions, comments and ideas. This was one thing I wasn't nervous about, I was looking forward to it. With lots of good comments and complements on my project as a whole, I was happy. The most helpful advice was about my concept and my research.

I need to go to more bespoke jewellers and find out how they work with the customer. Perhaps show them my designs and get their feedback on my work? Maybe even see what they would do if they had this brief? I had emailed a couple of bespoke designers a couple of weeks ago, but I've heard nothing back from them. I have found two more I could visit, one in Birmingham and another in London. I could ask for samples, or to see the designs that they have done for others to get a better idea of design process. If I had the money, I would have a bespoke piece done for myself so I could see both sides of the process. With most pieces costing over £1000, I sadly don't have the money for that. I could ask to take part in some of the consultations they have with customers, but again I'm not sure they would let me.

Another thing that came up in the talk was my concept. Although they said it was very good, the personality of my client (Marriyah) wasn't really showing through. I think this is because I was focusing more on the business side of the bespoke jewellery. I had yet to really make a big leap forward in finding an aspect I wanted to focus on. I was sitting on the fence and I have no time for that. Having this shown to me was a very good thing. I need to make sure that this piece was like my pathway piece and showed off the concept side. Visually it might not have as big of an impact as my pathway piece because that was statement jewellery and I wanted to make a more wearable piece for Marriyah. It still doesn't mean I should loose any of the meaning behind it.

Having this in mind, I then talked about making two pieces of jewellery one being Marriyah's view on her personality, and the other on how other people see her. Taking two views of how personality is shown and interpreted and how the individual sees their own personality. I will have to talk to Marriyah about this.

Finally we talked about how my pieces will be shown. I first wanted to have my locket shown on a bust rather than just in a frame or lying there. I know in my pathway that having my piece on something resembling the body made a big impact and I got good feedback on this. I also would like some photos of Marriyah wearing the jewellery. One with Marriyah wearing the jewellery, the other two being close ups of the locket. If I were to make two pieces, then I would take six photos. I would then make the frames reflect Marriyah's personality as well I will have to look into this a bit more.

Along with all this I could make a little booklet giving the viewer information on how I made the piece, as well as how they could create their own personalised jewellery. It's something I'll have to think about.