The student case that Natural Light will share with you today is a student who applied for jewelry design at Sheffield Hallam University with zero foundation. After experiencing anxiety, self-confidence, entanglement and self doubt, he finally got an offer from the ideal school, Received the offer of jewelry design from Sheffield Hallam University and the offer of jewelry major from UCA University of Creative Arts. In the art study abroad, I don't know how to plan, how to choose a country, and how to determine a school. In the face of the collection of works, I am even more entangled to cry. Many students should be able to feel the negative emotion and state. Now, let's take a look at how Yizhu spent these confused moments with the natural light.

　　 01. Japan? britain? Entanglement... good entanglement

Yizhu is a Japanese major with a very good Japanese foundation, so although he does not know much about the jewelry major in Japan, before coming to natural light, Yizhi's goal of selecting schools has been determined to be Japan, Study abroad in jewelry design 。

With such an initial goal, Yizhu came to the natural light. Considering that Yizhu is a professional with zero foundation and almost no art learning experience, at the beginning, the teacher first compared some general styles of jewelry majors in different countries with Yizhu in detail, including Japan, Britain, where the jewelry industry developed earlier, and the United States, which focuses on business and creativity.

Considering the current situation of Yizhu, other small language countries do not think too much, but the teacher also told Yizhu in detail about the styles and advantages of jewelry majors in different colleges and universities in other countries, so that Yizhu can have a more comprehensive comparison and reference.

After Yizhu had a detailed understanding of the school style and application status in Japan, Britain and the United States, Yizhu also had a deeper consideration of the previous decision. Although the jewelry design in Japan is "unique", in general, compared with the jewelry design major in Britain and the United States, it emphasizes more on the display of skills. Colleges and universities attach great importance to metalworking in the collection of works. Although Yizhu has certain advantages in language, it is a very big problem for her because she is now zero based.

At this time, the professional teacher also communicated with Yizhu to help him judge the current choice - first, Yizhu not only needs to supplement his professional ability, but also needs to learn the art foundation from scratch, establish artistic cognition and aesthetic ability, and spend some energy and time in the early basic stage; Secondly, for the students with zero foundation, the requirements of Japanese jewelry specialty for metalworking are a difficult threshold to cross, especially for contemporary jewelry design, which is more meticulous and rigorous in the division of process technology, and the corresponding application difficulty will be very harsh.

Finally, after negotiating with professional tutors and consultants, Yizhu also carefully considered his own ideas and application situation, and decided to apply to the British college, Sheffield Hallam University Jewelry Design.

Yizhu's Sheffield Hallam University Collection of Jewelry Design Works

　　 02. Short period of self-confidence and small entanglement

After the initial application goal was determined, the teacher began to customize relevant courses and application planning for Yizhu. Because Yizhu found natural light early and prepared for long-term planning, she had enough time to make basic preparations in the early stage to help Yizhu establish, improve and consolidate her artistic foundation.

At the same time, in order to help Yizhu have a unique self aesthetic perception and critical artistic thinking, in the basic course of painting, teachers will combine brainstorming and the teaching method of observing drawing advocated by overseas colleges to guide Yizhu to think and create.

Yizhu's Jewelry Design Collection of Sheffield Hallam University

The preliminary basic courses were carried out smoothly, and Yizhu was also very happy to communicate with the teacher to supplement the foundation of painting. However, during the transition from painting class to professional basic class, Yizhu began to have some small "conditions" - learning state began to be lax, and showed no confidence in himself.

When applying for jewelry design at Sheffield Hallam University, there was a big emotional and psychological fluctuation before the formal commencement of the portfolio course. Professional tutors and academic teachers also immediately entered the "early warning state" and quickly communicated with Yizhu and Yizhu's parents in a circular way. It was found that due to the long-term planning, it was still a long time before the application was submitted, Therefore, Yizhu has not fully entered the application status, and has not realized the importance of the collection of works.

Yizhu's Jewelry Design Collection of Sheffield Hallam University

In addition, Yizhus personality is very strong. In the face of a completely unfamiliar major and the overseas teaching model that she first contacted, she suddenly felt insecure. I don't know whether my ideas are too childish for teachers? Not sure whether their professional understanding has not reached a better level? In such a contradictory and tangled psychological state, Yizhu had the idea of "escape".

After repeated in-depth communication, teachers and parents gradually understood Yizhus anxiety and concern at this moment, and immediately formed a "first aid team". Different teachers held a "round table talk" with Yizhus from previous student application cases, their own overseas study experience, the suggestions of the admissions officer and teachers, etc.

　　 03. Re recognize the collection of works and self

After this heart to heart interaction, Yizhu also considered his own choice and status repeatedly, and finally decided to reorganize his mood, and give him more trust to the professional team of Natural Light, bit by bit, to try a new way of art study with teachers.

The whole communication process took less than a week. Although we often say that we can't stop learning every day and every hour in the whole application cycle, everyone feels that this "small waste" is worth it. Especially for Yizhu, she realized the importance of the collection of works, reorganized her application status, and understood the role of each link in the course. At the same time, she also began to be willing to open her heart to communicate with teachers, and communicate with teachers in a relaxed state of chatting.

Yizhu's Jewelry Design Collection of Sheffield Hallam University

Most of the students hope to get the guidance of professional instructors in the stage of preparing their portfolios. Many of them, like Yizhu, do not understand their major very well and are not confident about themselves, so they dare not express their ideas with the teacher, afraid of being criticized or denied by the teacher. But in fact, it is very important to express your ideas with the teacher.

From the perspective of teachers, tutoring students is not just about transferring knowledge. Students should not only be professional, but also have empathy and teaching ability. They should be able to realistically imagine the state of students, and put themselves into the students' position, so as to help students out of difficulties and better assist students in learning and growth.

From the beginning, he had no concept of the collection of works and creative divergence, to the time when he was able to have ideas and expand according to inspiration clues, he knew that he was trying to carry out material experiments, and gradually understood what kind of materials to use to express more in line with the theme, and how to think about the presentation method in line with the theme, Yizhuo In general, the preparation process of the collection of works is absolutely a qualitative leap.

In this process, Yizhu has also changed from needing the help of teachers at any time to sorting out ideas, to being able to sort out creative inspiration, compare and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of different schemes, and complete the project independently.

Yizhu's Jewelry Design Collection of Sheffield Hallam University

Compared with the early basic courses, the portfolio is a "big test" of students' comprehensive ability. Because we know that Yizhu was not confident before, so in the portfolio courses, professional instructors not only pay attention to Yizhu's learning progress, but also care about her psychological feedback and feelings. They communicate with teachers and parents irregularly and follow up Yizhu's ideas at any time.

Slowly, Yizhu began to become more proficient and confident. However, although it is getting better, it is not always smooth during the creation of the work collection. When Yizhu went on with the project IV Invisible Communication, she encountered many problems.

At the beginning, Yizhu's idea was that "some accidental events in our lives may be caused by these invisible exchanges? For example, DNA migration mentioned in science fiction movies, people will inevitably use public facilities when they go out, such as bus handrails, elevator buttons, ATM buttons, and so on. In fact, in these daily behaviors, people's bodies will frequently contact these public facilities. Through the direct touch of the body and public facilities, the cortex and fingerprints on the human body will remain on these public facilities. This phenomenon is like an invisible communication between people. "

In this project, such elements as elevator buttons, bus handrails, and ATM, Yizhu had anticipated that the effect presented in jewelry works might not be ideal at the beginning. Later, Yizhu considered to use slides to record people's fingerprints, but when there are too many fingerprints, the wearing effect will be bulky. Therefore, in the material experiment phase of this project, Yizhu spent a long time.

At this time, Yizhu almost returned to the initial state of lack of confidence, and even a little suspicious of himself. At this time, the professional tutor did not directly provide solutions to Yizhu, but first had a relaxed chat with Yizhu to help her relax, and after Yizhu re entered the state, we combed the theme again with her to think about the project from another perspective.

After this critical event, Yizhu also had a new idea and creative direction - chose the second idea based on the original theme, and considered "invisible communication" from the perspective of psychology. For example, for people with social dysfunction, what is the implicit communication between them?

Under this theme, Yizhu quickly changed his thinking, changed the expression method and materials suitable for the theme, and successfully completed the whole set of works. In the end, Yizhu also achieved satisfactory results with her own efforts.

In today's application for jewelry design of Sheffield Hallam University, we can see that the biggest problem is not Yizhu's zero foundation background, but Yizhu's lack of confidence and entanglement in himself. Natural light has a special understanding of students' emotions and psychology. Such a state can not be solved by students' unilateral self counseling. In many cases, professional guidance and driving are more needed. In this process, professional is the key.

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