Bethany Pringle is a Art and design student at Edinburgh college, she is applying for a textile course at Heriot Watt University. As she is a student i instantly saw the difference in her portfolio compared to some of the other's i had looked at, similar to Charlotte Millers portfolio but a lot smaller. Bethany did say that was because of the course she was applying for asked her for only 6 pieces of work and one sketch book.
It is very interesting to see a portfolio like this, as a students portfolio is usually designed and put together for college or university it is interesting to see it restricted to 6 and one sketch book.
Because Bethany is applying for a textile course a lot of her work is textile based but she also has life drawings and paintings in her portfolio, i touched on this in my last report, as a students portfolio needs to show a wide range of mediums and different techniques along with the specialist technique they are applying for.
One benefit to having this as a paper based portfolio i think is the texture, a lot of the work in the sketchbooks you can touch and feel which is important to the type of art bethany is producing, i think. An example being this page in her sketchbook.
You cannot touch or feel a picture of this, i think this is important in textiles. I thought about this before for something you hang on a wall and it is interesting to think about it as something you touch, but i think i dose the same thing in changing the mood and feel of the work.
I think for this portfolio it works as paper based, for the reasons i already said but also for progression, problem solving and creative process, i know that students have sketch books in a portfolio for this reason and i think interacting with the work gives a much stronger connection to the work than just flicking through pictures on a computer.
It is not something i have thought about before, but i think paper based of digital portfolio's depend on the content of the portfolio and what works for one might not work for another.
Because Bethany is applying for a textile course a lot of her work is textile based but she also has life drawings and paintings in her portfolio, i touched on this in my last report, as a students portfolio needs to show a wide range of mediums and different techniques along with the specialist technique they are applying for.
One benefit to having this as a paper based portfolio i think is the texture, a lot of the work in the sketchbooks you can touch and feel which is important to the type of art bethany is producing, i think. An example being this page in her sketchbook.
You cannot touch or feel a picture of this, i think this is important in textiles. I thought about this before for something you hang on a wall and it is interesting to think about it as something you touch, but i think i dose the same thing in changing the mood and feel of the work.
I think for this portfolio it works as paper based, for the reasons i already said but also for progression, problem solving and creative process, i know that students have sketch books in a portfolio for this reason and i think interacting with the work gives a much stronger connection to the work than just flicking through pictures on a computer.
It is not something i have thought about before, but i think paper based of digital portfolio's depend on the content of the portfolio and what works for one might not work for another.
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