Week 2 - Statement Planning

This week I noted down important points my statement will need to cover. Also this week, I had topics recommended to me that were advisable to cover in my statement, I picked the most relevant topics and will include them in the list below...

• Who am I and what do I do?
• How did I get into this work?
• How do I feel when my work is going well?
• What are my favourite things about my work?
• Key words that describe my work. What are they connected with?
  
• What tools do I use?
• What am I capable of doing?
• Any patterns/styles in my work?
• What do I do differently from which I am taught? Why?
  
• How do I begin a piece?
• When do I think a piece is done?
• What do I want people to do with my work?

I intend to spread these points thinly throughout the body of my statement so that readers do not get bogged down with unnecessary information or get 'bored' of reading. I want my statement to be a good indication as to what I do, why I do it, how I do it, and why this is relevant to the reader (possible client).

Research
I thought it would be highly beneficial at this stage to do some research into what other artists and designers' statements look like. Here are links to, and my thoughts on, my favourite ones...

Larissa Meek

www.larissameek.com

Larissa uses a style that greatly appeals to me. She writes her statement as though she is answering questions in an interview for a job or from fans, which is a style I think reduces 'boredom' amongst readers.


Elliot Jay Stocks

elliotjaystocks.com

Elliot uses a very brief and down-to-earth style, that sounds like he is having a conversation with you. This style is very good in the fact that readers wont skip chunks of text or the entire document, but instead will feel more encouraged to read all of it as it looks easy to manage.


Dache (David Pache)

www.dache.ch

David provides a brief and professional description in his statement, that also has summary lists of what skills and tools he can use. He also manages to give titles and 'his view' on his work in what is rather a small amount of text.


After looking at these statements I feel much more capable of writing my own. They have provided me with what style I would feel most comfortable using. I now know that my statement should be written in first person, in the present tense, phrased in a way to seem like I am in the room with the reader, be rather concise to avoid 'overloading' and putting off readers, and still remain professional by avoiding slang or colloquial words and phrases.