NOTES FROM ONE TO ONE MEETING - 3 - 26.11.2013

• The objects are surrounded by narratives, write these down and use design to translate them. My relationship with the objects and their narratives.
• Excession - The equipment moves on, I part from that part of my life in a structured and very carefully planned way, My work translates music/knitting into media. I am making my own excssion for the equipment which allows me to take the next step.
• Translation and transposition. These may be good words to use when describing what it is I am doing.
• Ian Roberts - Object & Context tutor. He has an interest in historic guitars and our relationships with objects, worth getting in touch with him to chat about the project.
• Use the tenori-on to translate knitting punch cards into music and use the tenori-on templates to transfer back into knitted patterns.
• Constructive criticism to be aware of is that I can try to focus on too many things at once and so wont ever go into real depth in a project. If you I were to concentrate on too many projects then they would all accelerate at the same level. By leaving some projects behind I can come back to them later and with the things I have learnt from going ahead with just one, the projects will move forward a lot quicker and with more depth, meaning and understanding then if I went ahead straight away. Just note down any other ideas for future reference.
• Good idea to pull out one piece of equipment to translate everything through and to focus on. Why the tenor-on? After all it is the one piece of equipment that I brought to Manchester with me.
• Do I need to collate everything, i.e. music collection, bookmarks, shops equipment is bought from etc? Is this part of the story?
• My work almost has a nod to fine art but does lean towards design for it to work.
• Spoke about the set up of John’s equipment, it doesn’t take on the role of a recording studio but more an ad hoc kind of environment.
• Where the equipment goes onto next. Hitch and me discussed ebay but I’d like for the objects to remain within a close circuit of friends, or friends of friends. People around me who I haven’t known for very long, each want a piece of equipment to buy, they respect me for allowing them to use the equipment and respect the journey I am on and want to show their appreciation by owning one of the pieces, does the story make them want a piece more?