10th March
Yesterday was a busy day! I was sitting in on all of my groups' fabric tutorials with Frances Tempest. Frances was checking the Level 4's choices on the fabrics they have chosen to use for the Combinations and Corsets. It was also the opportunity for me to ascertain from Frances exactly what I would be providing and what the makers would be making.
Attending these tutorials was a huge help, I learned more about what Frances wanted from the costumes, the feeling and the general ambience. A lot of the makers were more inspired by Toulouse Lautrec's paintings then they might have been the designs. Frances was encouraging loose interpretation and individuality to each Character, which I could also reflect in my choice of sourcing.
Another good reason I attended these sessions was to allow the Level 4 students to know who I was, understand my role and hopefully appreciate what I will be doing for them! I feel that a good relationship with the makers will make my life easier, as I remember the relationship between my year whilst doing our VNC and our supervisor.
Yesterday I also had a tutorial with Adele so I (and Camilla) could understand our roles as Supervisors. I realised I really had to up my organisational skills to make sure my Bible is a valid resource, and it is also a working Bible filled with genuinely useful information. I was very anxious and uncertain about what I had to produce, but this tutorial outlined exactly what Camilla and I had to do.
