Here's my planned presentation:
5 slides, a maximum of 5 minutes, 7 points
Point 1: I'm not just a designer/maker. I think my imagination, my ability to dream up ideas and think laterally is my biggest asset. I'm an innovator/designer/maker
Point 2: I have an unusual combination of creative and engineering skills. This has a strong influence on WHAT I choose to design and make and HOW I go about it. This slide shows one of the results - a project I'm working on now.
Point 3: I don't want to specialise in a single material. This slide shows another project I'm working on - making teapots out of unusual materials. I've shown wax, paper mache, plywood, cocktail sticks but I also plan ones in chocolate, lead, tea and, well, you name it, I'll try it!
Point 4: I want to play to the gallery. I want my art to be accessible.
Point 5: I want my art to intrigue and amuse people. I made this earlier this year. It's the ghosts of deformed carrots, eaten by slugs in my garden. The carrots are no more but the space they once occupied is preserved for future study in these cast glass specimen jars.
Point 6: I want fame rather than fortune
Point 7: The top of the plaque says "English Heretic" rather than "English Heritage". I'm a heretic - a non-believer - in various things. For instance, I'm sceptical about a lot of art theory and think some modern art is a case of "emperor's new clothes".
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