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On Monday I painted 2 layers of paint onto my boards; 3 layers on the main light box and 2 on the slats for the edges of the light box. I also helped other people to tape up their boards and prepare the layouts of their exhibition spaces. Furthermore I came to the conclusion that I would have the big light box in the corner, away from the walls a little as to allow for the switch to have room, meaning that I don't need to rewire it, as I thought I might have to at one point.

Tuesday I painted the last layer on the slats and joined them carefully back to the light box, ensuring that the newspaper inside was straight. With help from the technician I placed the light box on the wall and made a leg stand for the corner, which includes a steel rod sitting in a hole in the floor for extra stability.

Wednesday I got my six images for my exhibition printed; attached my small light box to the wall; found sewing pins and started to put a couple of my paper pieces up, planning what goes where. I also brought in spotlights, which I went and bought bulbs for, but realising they are the wrong size needed to replace on Thursday.

Thursday, I finished all paint work; bought correctly sized bulbs and put up the spotlights behind the boards. I also put up my photographs and  most of my paper pieces.

Friday, the final day for exhibition spaces. I hung my last paper piece; hung my tiles on the wall; hung my wave piece in the small light box; placed all my pieces on the large light box and shelf. And finally touched up the paintwork on my plinth and placed it in the correct part of the room with my final piece.

In considering my media output of my FMP, I realised that unlike I had proposed in my statement of intent, I have not been posting weekly onto Instagram. This is due to me feeling the importance of having a considered and clean feed that is as professional as possible. Instead, I propose that I will post my favourite images from my FMP at the end of my project. This allows me to be careful and more confident in my presentation. My Tumblr link in my Instagram bio then leads interested audiences to the work of greater interest and depth if they wish to go further.

On the morning of the 9th, we all collected our necessary plynths and exhibition furniture from the lockup, luckily I was able to find one small light box, a shelf, a large light box from the art department and a plinth already in the sculpture room. I then sanded down the large light box and also planned the placement of a few of my pieces on the large light box and what origami I needed to make newer replications or adjustments of for the exhibition.

Tuesday was a late opening in college, so I was able to get rather a lot completed ; took apart, sanded and painted 4-5 coats of paint on the small light box and started polishing the rusty hinges, which are rather stubborn; sanded and painted the underside of the shelf; and sanded down my plinth and painted 2 coats on the brown edge and one coat overall.

Wednesday I completed the small light box, screwing everything back together with clean hinges and glass. I painted the final layers on the shelf; a second layer on the plinth and was allowed to choose a darker corner for my exhibition due to the light boxes, for which I started to scrape wax off the walls that someone had pored down a few years before.

Thursday I painted a third layer on the plinth and started sanding down my boards, which I ended up taking outside and doing with electrical sanders due to the resilient nature of the wax. I then brought the boards back inside and taped them up neatly.

Friday I painted my plinth again and filled holes in my boards, giving them their first paint layer. I was also able to clear some space and clean the large light box and glass thoroughly and put in new newsprint between the two layers. I then covered the box with binbags to protect it for the weekend.

This Tuesday, I was able to peel the lino off of my slip painted into them, these tiles came out very well and I am pleased that I was able to get a curvy lino, as this meant I could peel it off without affecting the dried clay. I also painted the last layer onto the wave pieces and a new layer onto the lino pieces to ensure I have doubles incase of any problems. I also finished extending my final large piece, which I have been widening for more adaptations.

Wednesday, I was able to finish the wave pieces, which due to the thicker layers of clay, I was able to peel off the latex! This means that I am able to create duplicates more easily as I do not need to paint a latex form each time, which is also better environmentally. I also began filming myself adapting my final piece for a time-lapse.

I also made a thick earthenware cast of the plaster tile with flowers and leaves on the surface, as to have an alternative thicker piece, however, due to the depth of the waves, it did not dry properly and began cracking.

Thursday I painted more clay slip layers onto my tiles and was organising myself and my work. In the evening I continued filming my time-lapse.

Friday, I painted more layers of slip on my tiles and continued filming my time-lapse in the afternoon and evening. Over the weekend I finished my final piece and even had some spare triangles that I didn't use.

On returning from the Easter holidays to college on Monday, I was rather upset to find that my porcelain paperclay would not peel away from the acrylic, instead crumbling to bits. I discussed this with the ceramics technician, to which he told me that the slip mixed in the porcelain paperclay had a silicone inside of it, which could be causing the latex to bond with it. He also theorised that it may have been that the paperclay simply had too few layers, which I agreed with. I decided that I would paint the slip onto the latex again, with the same porcelain paperclay slip mix, but thicker, and if it did not peel away, then I could keep the latex on the clay and let it burn away in the kiln.

Tuesday I spent the day cutting patterns based off of my nature photography into lino in preparation to paint porcelain slip into, creating flat tiles similar to the wave ones I hope to have.

Wednesday I decided to attempt at using textiles as a material to display my origami in, as I knew that the folds would be more natural and light would travel well through them.

Thursday and Friday I continued painting layers of slip onto my lino and wave pieces and folding triangles to alter my final large piece.

This Monday my large origami piece with a triangulated-cubed pattern came out of the kiln, at first I was unhappy with it as it has a papery layered quality different to my first dipped origami pieces, however on reflection, it's delicate nature makes it look as if it were made from a natural material, like woven willow or thatched roof aging. After my interim assessment with my supervisors, which went well, I painted latex onto my plaster cast wave forms. I tested the latex on plaster beforehand to ensure it would peel off, which it did.

Tuesday I continued folding triangles and putting the base layer of my final proposed sculpture together. I also made the modroc supports for my waves' latex mold and put a thin layer of Vaseline on the latex before applying modroc.

Wednesday I peeled the modroc and latex off of the plaster, and was able to paint one layer of porcelain paperclay onto it. I continued making triangles.

Thursday I folded triangles and painted the second and third layers of clay slip onto my latex mold.

Friday was an inset day.

Last week I decided to continue practical work and experimentation rather than research and reflection as proposed.

On Monday, I cleaned the plaster pieces with imprinted waves properly and left them to dry in the kiln room; painted the last layer of porcelain slip onto my large origami piece with a triangulated-cubed pattern ready for the kiln and bought a second hand book from the British Heart Foundation charity shop, which I began cutting into strips and folding triangles from as soon as I got back. I purchased an Oxford School Dictionary, this had a smooth white paper, but was a thicker, heavier GSM than adult dictionaries, therefore making it more resilient to having materials such as plaster poured onto it.

On Tuesday I spent the morning in ceramics, working on my plaster casts which had dried off. Initially rolling out clay and pushing the cast into it from above did not result in a very clean imprint, so instead I rolled out the clay on top of the cast and pressed it into the troughs with my fingers. This second method worked far better, but I had to do the process twice as when peeling the first piece back, it had stretch lines and creases as I did not support it properly. Afterwards I painted the clean casts with paperclay slips, two thined layers to ensure it went into the gaps of the plaster and two heavier layers on top to give strength to the piece.

I spent the afternoon and the whole of Wednesday folding triangles for the base layer of my largest proposed structural form in my final exhibition, I also checked my paperclay on plastercast however it was too damp to peel off of the plaster.

Thursday I had life drawing in the morning and in the afternoon I continued a development of my own origami patterns from WB 21st March.

On Friday I continued this experimentation with origami form and also made a small, five triangle wide golden venture origami piece which I covered in shellac and iron powder to see the difference in outcome to the piece with copper powder, this is now rusting and  should be ready by the end of this week. The paperclay slip piece, however, did not work particularly well, not releasing from the plaster and forming large cracks. I am not sure at the moment what to do, however I did test the idea of painting latex on paper to then paint paperclay on so it releases, which did not work ; however perhaps by making a latex layer on the plaster this would work, as the rubber is resistant to water.

This week I completed my copper patina piece, which has come out a brilliant bright blue, which is heavy and appears to be only made from metal, I am glad of this as it gives a real sense of material quality and how my origami could inspire architecture projects in the real world; however it has a habit of flaking blue pieces, which I will need to be careful of.

Earlier in the week I collated a range of Instagram posts that I have been looking at and considering, as I find them particularly inspirational, consisting of architecture, modelling and origami.

On Tuesday, I built a wood model of a Miner's Cottage, sourced from a charity shop, to see whether moving my project towards making a more detailed, wooden piece would be suitable. In the end I decided against it, as I had already learnt a lot of the required skills in my A Level DT classes.

Wednesday I carved 2 clay pieces in earthenware, which I then cast plaster into, with this I hope to create some porcelain wave tiles that imitate origami #7 in my blue book.

Thursday I visited London with college, visiting the Louise Bourgeois exhibition at the Hayward gallery and the V and A, which I found great inspiration from.

Friday I released the plaster pieces from clay and allowed to dry over the weekend, as well as making my fist piece of origami that is fully of my own design.