‘The studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibition is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending. So an exhibition is not a conclusion.’ (Chris Ofili)

I definitely think that my way of working is experimental and that my working space is a laboratory as opposed to a factory. I find it very difficult to make more than one of anything, so each sample has to develop or be incorporated into the next sample or finished piece.

My workroom (laboratory) is messy and has lots of things going on at once that may or may not link. Of course the downside of this approach is that I have many unfinished projects and samples. Some of these may be put away and reflected on at a future date, inspiring thoughts and ideas at that point.

I agree that an exhibition captures my thoughts up to that point in time but is never a conclusion. It may be that I will conclude a particular theme, but pieces will always be there to be revisited, inspire and also sometimes to be cut up and included in some other experiment.

Looking back at the work I have produced so far I can see that it is all work in progress, and that although some will be developed or used to inspire further work, nothing is final. I am valuing my experimental work more and more and at the end of the course I hope to use all I have learned to inform my ideas and practice for future projects.