When contextualising my own practice it is important to consider market level. I am interested in creating fashion accessories such as scarves and bags. After investigating high street shops such as Topshop, River Island and Next I realise that the products are well made, but perhaps a bit fussy. River Island and Urban Outfitters use a lot of real leather but there are no printed leathers - bags and accessories are embellished with stitched detail. I prefer the PU and PVC bag

After attending the exhibition at the Ruthin Craft Centre I feel that perhaps I could create some more organic and flowing designs. I have thought about creating motifs that could repeat perhaps for a series of bags. My interest lies within creating fashion accessories rather than fashion garments - I want to start to create visualisations. I noticed Michael Brennand-Woods work at the exhibition, his work involves circular structures. Susie Macmurray and Johanna Basford work

I have completed my drawings from the imagery that I collected at the museum with my meeting with the curator of arthropods. I have created a library of illustrations for the Bradford brief, I have always felt that my drawing skills are a key part of my practice. I will focus on pushing the concept further over the next few weeks. I have decided on a colour pallet that I think is suitable for my concept for the brief, this is something that I don't tend to finalise or even co

After looking at Francesca woodman's photography and considering body image as a possible concept I have decided to ignore this element for a while and perhaps bring it back in when considering visualisations. After meeting Dmitri Logunov I have gained more of an insight into some species of moth, I will continue to draw over the next week and start to put together a few compositions. I decided to put together a couple of compositions imagining that I was a museum curator. I