Now the rotation period is over I feel pretty confident in my chosen area in which I wish to specialise in. When I began Chelsea I did not really know what to expect when we were told about the rotation system we were to take part in, but on reflection I can see how helpful it is in getting students to settle in with the way things work at Foundation level. However, I do feel I got off to a slow start, my first rotation was Visual Communication and I was surprised at how fast they wanted us to produce work, and I can safely say I was taken out of my comfort zone. Despite this I did enjoy Visual Communication; I enjoyed the project of telling a message subtly as I like a narrative to my work, although I do feel I could have been more thorough with my work.

Next was 3D Spatial, the rotation I was least looking forward to, mainly because I can be quite an awkward person and not practically minded in the slightest. To be honest once I started my opinion didn’t change much, the initial task of creating a 3D map was ok until it was impossible to traverse through the studio without becoming entangled in string. It did give me good practice in terms of drawings; trying to convey distance and scale etc and I did produce a piece of work which I was quite proud of, not because of its brilliance, but because of the tremendous amount of time it took to make, for little gain.

Our next two weeks were to be filled with the joys of Fashion and Textiles, to my dismay, as I expected it to be much like 3D Spatial but with fabric. Thankfully, I was very wrong. Fashion and Textiles was easily my second favourite rotation just because my eyes were opened on how broad the area could be. My favourite part was when we was asked to work with images and given directions on how to distort them. I was literally amazed at what you could do to an image after cutting just one line and I based most of my work though these two weeks on doing that and drawing.

And so, it was finally time for the final rotation and the one I and I think most others had been looking forward to the most, Fine Art. I think I went to about three days of Fine Art; it may have been two before I woke up one morning, barely unable to see, as it looked as if my eye lids had been stitched together with mashed up Wheetabix (not my words). Anyway, it appeared I had been infected with conjunctivitis which, if you have not had it, is incredibly annoying. However, I’ll briefly comment on the days I was in for Fine Art, it was fun, the ultimate freedom was a nice change of pace and I was settled in to the college. I really enjoyed drawing the numerous installations scattered around the room, I found them really interesting but I was a little annoyed at myself when it came to painting them as I was not happy with anything I was producing; I was having trouble with relaxing and just letting go. When I was at home ill, I carried on drawing and painting, creating my own little installation in my front room and drawing from that in a variety of ways and also attempting a little bit of painting. It was at home I stumbled upon something I feel I could really develop after I specialise in Fine Art (that’s my choice, just so you know), I was clearing out my room and I found an album of old photos of when I went to Disneyland Paris, at the age of eight or so. I knew I wanted to do something with these photos as I thought they looked cool, and, I do not know if this was correct, but I borrowed a little bit of what I learnt in Fashion and Textiles and applied it to Fine Art. Like I mentioned before, I like my work to have a narrative, so I decided to distort my photos and in doing so, the perception of Disneyland itself. Disneyland can be quite a surreal place, especially on a rainy day when it looks nowhere as glamorous as it does in the adverts, so I cut, twisted and folded my photos in order to try and change its image. I was very happy with this work and I feel it definitely has legs.

So to conclude, I would love to specialise in Fine Art for numerous reasons, the main reason is to learn how to make paintings, I have painted before and have sometimes been quite successful but other attempts have ended painfully, so I would love some guidance in that respect. I really enjoy drawing and sketching and have recently took an interest in working with video, since I explored it a little in A2 and enjoyed the work of artists like Bruce Nauman. I just love the freedom it offers.