No. 3 Presentations

Criticism is the judgement of the merits and faults of the work or actions of one individual by another (the critic). To criticize does not necessarily imply to find fault, but the word is often taken to mean the simple expression of prejudice or disapproval.

Another meaning of criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature, social movements, film, arts, and similar objects and events. The goal of this type of criticism is to understand the work or event more thoroughly.

Gabriel: His presentation was flowing from one slide to another, showing various works and materials he has worked with during the past year, especially. Captured the audience attention from the very beginning and that is a very good asset. Finally I think it is very good to criticize your own work, but you have to be very careful, because at that stage you were showing your work, and you have to make us believe that you believe in it.

Sirach: A very good presentation showing your work, mainly ceramics although it shows that you have experimented with other materials. At some stage I expected to see something different because the slides seemed to be all with ceramic works, which seems very much like your slides because the pieces seemed to have some things in common.

Richard: I found you quite informative, and cool while presenting, you were very confident about your work. I have to admit I never liked sketch up much, but I think you did quite a good job with that interior.

Stephanie: You said it yourself, you have more to look back to, and you clearly showed different areas you worked in. I really like your object drawings, because you manage to include every detail. Above all, your work shows your style, and I think your own work shows improvement, throughout stages in your life. Welcome to the new one, the DIGITAL ERA (which I know you hate with a passion).

Ishmael: You showed a lot of various works in wood, and other materials of course, which is very good. You also mentioned techniques used which were various. Although I don’t like much the photo editing, I believe that it’s your style and you manage to show it throughout, because nearly all photos seemed to be edited. (I believe editing is very good and I love it myself, but sometimes especially when you want to sell, it’s better to present it as simple as possible, because you have to show that it already looks good without the editing).

Cassandra: I believe you improved a lot, and your work is really good, simple and presentable. Know I think you have to start believing in yourself and your work, because I am sure it will help you make another step forward.

Christine: You had final pieces, couldn’t you say something more? I believe you needed to give more information, because there was a lot of silence, and it looked like you weren’t confident about your work, (when you should be).

Christian: Different materials and experimentation. I envy you for having such knowledge on 3ds max and how you go around with it.

Lorriane: Same as Chris you have a wide range of experimentation and knowledge on materials. Also some 3d knowledge.

Martina: I think your paintings from A-level are great and it seems you worked on different areas on art not just on the design part. The model of last year’s assignment looked very good and showed that you worked hard, and when you mentioned a different material that you used, I think was really good because no else did, and you showed that you not only researched basic materials that one find in workshops.

Cristina: I think you are hard working; really got some good ideas to project but just don’t state ‘din ghal qalbi hafna’.  It’s not enough to sell. I think during the last year you’ve been here you managed to experiment with a lot of different materials, which is very good.

Nicole: I believe your use of pencil is unique. Something which I really admired is that you managed to incorporate something you love to do i.e. Modelling with your work. The change of workshop I believe helped you a lot.

Mark: I could hear you doing your presentation!!! I think you might have some really good ideas of design like that of the chair, now be more confident. After all the hard work you do in wood, you deserve more!!

Sarah Jane: I think everyone, must have realised that your favourite work was the crime scene. The moment the slide arrived, your face brightened up. I think you need to start working more with precision and neatness. Also a good composition of slides, but sometimes they were too crowded for a simple 15 seconds.

Vanessa: I believe at this stage everyone ones that you love working with organic and linear, cause you mentioned it with every slide. I believe you have a quite unique style, and use it well; the chaos thing need to be more organised to be a good chaos idea. Or else everyone will be lost looking at your slide without understanding anything there is.

Tamara: I think you would have done great also in graphic design. At least my first impression of your presentation, and I can very easily imagine you thinking out of the box, cause your ideas I believe are simple but very effective. I think it’s time you get your hands dirty know.

Elisa: A lot of your slides showed the same photo shoot, I believe you worked hard for that one. What I found interesting in your presentation was the final one, you put the piece to test, by giving it directly to children to play with. Very helpful for evaluation.