My first mentoring sessions have already begun to affect changes.

With Steve I have been looking at the direction I want to be heading with my work and my career, and with Rosalind I have been looking at how I present myself and my work.

Changes have already started: on this website I have altered how the work is presented. Work now links to what used to be the Exhibition page - a chronological list of all exhibited works. Rosalind pointed out that as virtually all of my work these days is made for specific exhibitions I’m just duplicating the work between Work and Exhibition, which is quite confusing for a website visitor. What was the Work link is now Archive and shows everything, whether exhibited or not, and other projects, workshops and one-off pieces. Further editing may take place as there is quite a lot of work on here now, and although I quite like the availability of my entire history, it can be a little daunting and cumbersome for site visitors.

I have also set up a new mailing list for a more exciting and dynamic newsletter. My old plain text email announcements were too boring. You can sign up here.

A new statement is also in the works, which will be a more positive, active and convincing piece of text. One of my weaknesses when applying for projects is my tentative, shy and small way of describing my work, using phrases like ‘I will try to…’ and ‘I intend to…’. Basically I need to replace these with ‘I will…’. My work is big and epic and delicate, and I need to embrace this and communicate it clearly to those who may want to commission me.

Posted by Rich
Mentoring,