I found the portfolio review extremely useful. Not only in talking about the display of my own work but hearing how others planned to do theirs also helped inspire ideas for mine. In terms of my website it was suggested that both the front and back of the images be shown. For example you have the front of the knitted piece and you hover/ click on the image and it changes to the back. The back of my pieces are just as interesting as the front if not more so as they allow you to see how it was made (with the intertwining of yarn), I would not have thought to include this digitally and so this suggestion will add a lot to the overall feel of my website.
For a hard portfolio it was suggested that I use a box portfolio and mount the knitted pieces on nice card. Although I like this idea I also feel I need something else to go with it as this takes out the full tactile nature of the pieces. I therefore would also like to create a separate box in which I have either 1 folded large piece or a selection of small knitted patches (possibly A5 as I could use existing work) which would allow people to directly handle the work. This could also be displayed in a similar way to a textile sample book with the small patches being bound together at the edges (via crochet) to make a knitted book.
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