Throughout this project I have responded to my theme in a personal way, I have done this by using my sub theme of fortune telling to bring what I do in my spare time into my college work, I have used my own designs in illustration and model making to show how I work and what I do personally. I also have considered ethics in my work by giving opposite arguments in the tarot theme and what people’s opinions are on the theme. My work effectively communicates my ideas through the development of my first piece until my last, extending from illustration into modelling, the idea of the nine of staves has been clearly shown in this work as it has always had a castle in it. I have learnt through this theme that there are more people interested in this than I had thought and through thoroughly researching these cards I have found out more of the deeper intents and meanings to them. Also, the different ways that a tarot card can be shown in style, whether it be abstract or it being an older style.

In my research I have used a range of artists to inspire me to come up with my own designs using illustration that I researched, and the woodcut also gave me help into making my work illustration, with the other artists I have researched into model making I have used there style on a larger scale, this was helpful as I wouldn’t have known on where to start  or what style of model making I would have done. I could have researched more artists to help inform my work more than what I already have, however due to the amount of time illustration and model making takes I had little to no time to research more, although I am happy with the work I have produced. With the primary research I have gathered from my social life and pervious experiences in fortune telling, it has effectively helped me figure out where and what card I wanted to use and whether I wanted to use a tarot card or a oracle card and some meaning behind cards which led me into choosing the nine of staves. Next time I would have gathered more research on my own to see how different me project could have turned out. I researched the materials by experimenting with Modroc and paper mache by creating a few blocks covered in each, this helped me figure out what I wanted to use in my final model. I chose Modroc as it gave a nicer finish and was sturdier to cover the foamboard I used for the base. The other research I had done such as research on castles and cardboard relief models helped me make a relief model and inspired me to use the shape and form of a castle. I would have done this differently by researching deeper into the form of the castle and maybe the texture of it. This research led me to use effective methods such as carving into lino and expanding foam as well as painting, dry brush. This was helpful as it gave my work more tone and depth.

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The most successful parts of my work is the finished model and making it with the flock I had used, as well as the expanding foam castle that I had carved into and dry brushed. If I where to do this again I would have made the model on a bigger scale so that I could have made it more detailed for example the castle I would have carved into on the model instead of just painting it. The only thing I didn’t expect to happen was the floating part of the island and I was struggling to hold it up, until I then fixed it by putting a hold in the bottom and putting wire through it to hold it up. The visual language I used was tone, texture, form, space, shape, and colour. I have used this skilfully by cutting into things and using light colour to give my work more of a realistic look. Texture to make the castle bricks more lifelike. My work is dynamic as it is constantly changing, and my work is always being developed into better models. I have used my materials creatively by using expanding foam and making something from it, and the natural bubbles In the foam worked out really well too as it gave the texture of bricks. Next time I would use this again but maybe try to get more bubbles in my work.

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My on going reflections have helped me through this project by making me understand what went well and what I wouldn’t want to do again, this was great as it would make me understand things for example I wouldn’t like to do a abstract lino cut again, because it was confusing to me, I understood this through reflecting my work, I also set myself the work I would better next time I was is and followed through with it. I have considered sustainability through the materials that I have used and how much I have used, such as the use of expanding foam now makes it into something else instead of it going to waste, I could have done more in the way of sustainability such as using paper mache instead of Modroc however it wasn’t sturdy enough for my models. I have completed more tasks that I thought I would in the set time and have met all deadlines and completed all my tasks in practical and WIX, also have competed more practical work than I thought I could such as the final model I had done I wouldn’t have thought that I could complete. Next time I wouldn’t change a thing as I am happy with the way I have worked at a fast and high standard. I have learn that planning your time and what you are going to do will give you a set deadline for the work you have to do, which makes you work a little bit faster which meant I had more time at the end to make sure I had everything I needed on my website.