Collecting the research

Today we met in the Holden Gallery to discuss our ideas for the poster. Even though not all of our group was in, everyone seemed really nice and we all got on. First we discussed what two of our members found out from the twitter meeting and then  we got onto our poster. We have decided to all collect separate research and then get together next week to put our poster together. As our theme is 'Faces of Chemistry' we have decided to take photographs of 175 faces. Initially, the idea is for all of us to get about five photographs of people we see on the streets of Manchester. We could do this by either: counting 175 steps and then taking a picture of the nearest person, counting to 175, taking 17.5 steps or counting to 17.5.  It doesn't matter what we choose to do as long as we record it and stick to one method. I want to get a variety of people; different ages and genders as it means that I could respond to the images in different ways. We also thought it would be quite a good idea to maybe record our journey round Manchester by drawing out the route we have taken. We could do this roughly or on a map and hopefully it will create some interesting shapes. As well as collecting our own images to put on the poster, we can also look at blogs or anything we find inspirational. This will mean that we will have a variety of information/images thus giving us more ideas to take forward into our work.

Tonight, I have created my own twitter account as I am a bit behind with the times! I don't not what I was scared of; it seems pretty easy. Also a couple of members from the group were talking about 'Pinterest'. It's a social network where you pin up pictures of your work, others work that inspires and anything else you find interesting. You can follow people and invite friends to look at your page; generally sharing your inspiration. I have therefore created a pinterest account so I can share what I have found with my group.