My process for our current multiples project started by sourcing materials, I think my first mistake for this project is opting to buy all of my materials rather than look at humble items that I already owned or could have recycled from other people. The artists I looked at such as Moffat Takadiwa sourced all his items from landfills, a lot of the items he used were disposable plastic items such as tooth paste tubes and key board keys. I initially chose similar items to use like toothbrushes, although I didn't ethically source them. I think if I am going to continue using this as a material I could get people to donate their old tooth brushes. For my project I think manipulation was the key theme I wanted to explore in this project, I really wanted to push myself with what I can do with everyday objects, I chose tooth brushes and combs because they are hard materials and would be difficult for me to experiment with.

 The session today was mainly focused on drawing, since I only brought one item in today I could only draw from the toothbrushes, drawing is always something that I have struggled with. When I am doing initial research for a project I usually start by collaging and then incorporate mark making. So it was a challenge for me to do such quick drawing, I think that I did create some interesting mark making but I could have pushed it further, I think I was worried about how my book would look and dint let myself experiment enough. My best drawings I did that day were the blind drawings in someone else sketchbook, that was when I really let go and experiment with drawing. I think what today has taught me is that I need a bigger range of objects to develop this project.

- Some Observational drawings I produced

Today was my most productive day of the project for me, this week I really struggled with motivation and doing work outside of tutorials, I think because I was hesitant about this project because it will go in my portfolio, found my self working on paper instead of in my book because I was afraid I would mess it up. However today showed me to be more confident in my drawing skills and create more inivative samples.

In my initial research I was looking at the idea of 'multiples' and repetition in a very linear way, for example the repetition in weaving patterns but today we looked at repetition in everyday life. I found this conceptual approach to multiples very interesting, we started by using mark making to draw repeated actions, my favourite drawing i did was of me losing my phone and then checking all my pockets to find them. We then created samples from these drawings, I found creating samples from sketching a lot easier than from the words we were given, some of the words were useful but drawings can influence the shapes that I can transform my objects into. I think moving forward this is how I want to develop my samples.

Also, after 4 days of creating swatches and samples I have began to look at a concept that links to my outcomes, in my research I looked at the history of my objects and a lot of them are linked to hair like my combs and flexi rods, I even use my toothbrush to do my edges. Hair a very important aspect of black culture and comes in many different textures and styles, I researched Yuni Kim Lang who uses textiles to imitate the texture of hair and I think over the weekend I can photograph and mark make from my everyday hair routines and others to create more samples for my concepts.

Today was my final critique for the multiples project, we were supposed to make 10 final samples outside of our books for this project but I only managed to do 7, however I will say that I was a lot more productive in this project than for any other project I have in any other project. I think that I generated a lot of sketchbook development which is something that I struggled with throughout foundation. I got mostly positive review for this project, I think that I successfully managed to create new materials , from my objects . 

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