For the past few weeks I have been slaving away on producing a Case Study as part of my Masters course in Fine Art. We were told that the subject could be on anything we chose, as long as it was relevant to our practice, and obviously in the context of an art form.

It took a lot more time than I had anticipated - or indeed planned for. The most difficult part was getting started - not in deciding what I was going to produce the study on or finding all of the material to research or participants to interview in order to produce it, but in deciding how to produce it and in what format it should be done. Once I had made those decisions, the rest was fairly straight-forward - when you are interested in the subject matter and it is something relevant to you and your own practice, it is so much easier and more enjoyable.

The next issue was that in accumulating so much material, some quite strict and ruthless editing was needed - what to leave in was as important as what to take out. Then there is the presentation to take into account. There is nothing like a deadline to focus the mind

I got there eventually and have finally completed it and handed it in - two days before deadline, which is a first for me.