Week 2 Studio: First review

The second studio — a first look at each other's week-1 attempts, and a practice run at giving feedback the connoisseur's-eye way.

5 August 2027

Before the session#

Bring your week-1 attempt, whatever state it’s in, and one sentence about the single part of it you’re least happy with.

In the session#

Short, structured pairs review: each person points at their own weakest detail before anyone else comments, then their partner runs the connoisseur’s-eye checklist from this week’s lecture over it out loud — rhythm, material, wear, story — and says which item breaks first. The exercise is as much about learning to look this way as it is about the specific object in front of you.

Afterwards#

Nothing here is marked, but the checklist you practise today is the same one a tutor uses on your submitted work all semester, so this is worth taking seriously as a dry run, not just a warm-up.