Iteration
Thomas Edison is a good example of an artist who uses iteration. This image is one of his thousands of drawing designs when he was inventing the light bulb. It took him 10,000 goes inventing the lightbulb until it finally worked.
I believe that a better/stronger piece of work is created when so many designs of the same or similar thing are drawn over and over again to progress the idea each time it has been re designed.
A question that should be asked when designing something new is 'can it work better?' or/and 'can it look better?'
Another example of this is James Dyson and his invention for the bagless vacuum, which he made 200 prototypes of before he got to his final creation.
I think it is important that if we create an idea which doesn't seem to work, we shouldn't give up on it straight away. Like Thomas Edison and James Dyson, we should keep trying out the same idea until it works, maybe change it slightly but we shouldn't give up.
"If you can't find the right answer, look for the right question".
Reflection
Throughout sketchbooks i find it helps to progress my ideas further by constantly reflecting on what i've created each time making sure i engage with the work, questioning and evaluating it constantly to get a better idea of how i need to improve it and also compare it to other artists work that i've researched who gave me inspiration to create the idea.
An example of work from my sketchbook to the left shows that i use brief notes to record reflection of my progress throughout projects, showing how certain aspects of an idea may work really well, when other aspects may not work at all, therefore i find that writing more ideas of what may work better or what i know i should change helps me to improve the idea so much better.
The majority of brief notes used in sketchbooks are usually critical, this helps me to notice how i can improve on what i've started to create and maybe notice what's wrong with it.
Another example of my ideas in progression.
Annotating throughout my sketchbook as shown here helps me to think of a similar idea but maybe shown visually in a different way, however keeping the same meaning behind the work.
Working through previous projects i've found that once i've changed the idea visually, the meaning behind the work may also change slightly but i don't think this is a bad thing as long as the meaning still works with the visual idea shown through the work.
From constantly annotating sketchbook work and ideas helps lead to the final outcome, or closer ideas to what the final outcome will turn out to be.
James Dyson Vacuum - http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0409_unsung_innovators/7.htm
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