THIRD YEAR EXHIBITION @ MINORIES_
I visited the 3rd year exhibition shown at the Minories for the Paul Smith competition. Last year the exhibition was held at the Haye gallery, so it was interesting to see it being exhibited in the external part of the art school with a more commercial and public view. This year, there was a strong collection of both fashion and textile work. The exhibition as well presented, with each student using elements of their theme to display their work. A student, Ailish, used driftwood to attach her samples which I thought was particularly successful and added a rustic theme. I also enjoyed the other display of a student, who had created invisible mannequins to drape her oversized garments on. This was made from metal, to create an industrial theme. it was interesting to see the progress throughout the exhibition, with toiles and even patterns being presented- this gave me inspiration and ideas as to how to take my pre collection, as well as perhaps starting points for my theme.
The exhibition displayed some of the students portfolio pages alongside their work. This was extremely helpful, giving me ideas for layout and page presentation and style for my own portfolio. There were many different styles of portfolio, and different pages from mood boards to final line ups were shown, giving a huge variety and suggested to me the amount of work needed to be done.
After visiting this exhibition, it has given me many ideas as to how to tackle my third year pre collection, ad what I need to think about. It has inspired me to start thinking about how to present my work- I definitely prefer the industrial, minimal approach to presentation, and like a linear portfolio page teamed with layering up. But I noticed how important it is to make it relevant to the theme of the collection, so all ties in. It is daunting to think I could have my work exhibited very soon, but it is also an exciting and thought and it will take me on a valuable journey of more skills learnt.
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