What I have learnt from making my prototype...and things that will need changing.

Yesterday we showed the prototypes to Adele and the rest of the Moving Tides Student group (26/04/2012), and today we tried them outside. From seeing my prototype on someone else, seeing it react in the wind and the process of making my prototype,
I have learnt a few things...

• The gems on the t-shirt will have to be ironed onto the front of the t-shirt- the back is not seen as much, not too many on the arms and not too low down as the drums will be covering them.
• The Plasterzote was going to be given to the children to cut out using a template, but, because they have to be fitted so tightly on the Plasterzote sheets I think it would be easier and less mistake making if I just did it myself and took it in. 
• There will have to be something 'weighty' on the bottom of the fins as the wind blows them about which could be a little irritating- maybe plating the net and orange fabric scraps together could be stapled on the bottom?
• The marker pen is great on the lining fabric for the fins- no bleeding or smudging so I can go ahead and draw on all the fins once they have been painted and decorated. 
• The painting on the front of the mask part of the headdress will have to have strong outlines otherwise it is lost in the distance.
• The bells really liven up the whole costume, and I think the children will Love them! 
• The more circles on the ends of the headdress spikes the better. 
• Adding dark green circles into the laminate headdress sheets has a better variation in colour to just the bright green and purple. 
• Need to laminate glitter into the headdress sheets for the children's costumes. 
• Maybe add glitter on the mask too- but I don't want it to go in their eyes, so I need to 'give it a go' on the prototype. 
• Try and make the fins as bright as possible- as I didn't think the prototype was quite bright enough. But one of my paints were missing so the actual colour will be a little different when it arrives Wednesday + hopefully there will be a higher paint to water ratio on the real one's- I just didn't want to waste too much paint. 

Final Lesson Plans

Overview of Activities Day-by-Day
1st Workshop- Introduction, Fins Paint and shapes, Elastic prep
2nd Workshop-, Fins Sticking on Shapes, T-shirt Wrapping,Headdress card decoration
3rd Workshop- Tie dye reveal, Headdress Base and mask decoration, Sewing on Bells
4th Workshop- Fins Complete finish with tassels, Finish everything off, attach everything together. Try it all on.


These are the lesson plans for the workshops that I shall be running in the school. 
They include materials list's, activities, What I would like to achieve and what I need to do to prepare and before and after each workshop.


These have all been approved by the teacher.

Date: 03/05/2012	Procession section: (e.g. Punch and Judy, jellyfish) Red Fire Fish (orange)	Lesson no: 1
	School: Southill School
Resources/ Materials:	Supplied by school: Paintbrushes-for paint , staples, stapler, a4 white scrap paper (couple of sheets for elastic labels) scissors, Biro pens. Pencils, Name labels By Moving Tides/me: Fabric Paint, scraps from scrap store (foam, fabric scraps), Lining fabric, Purple elastic, Templates, Stapler and staples,   Pics of sea creature and Design
Objective:	Learning to paint between the lines on fabric, learn to accurately follow instructions. Learn about the whole costume and Moving Tides event
Introduction:	Morning Start at 9.30am Intro who I am, and name labels Intro on the whole design and the techniques how it will be all be made and any questions (20 mins) 9.50am Explanation of what we will be doing with the day and in-depth example of what to do (15-20 mins) 11am demonstration of next steps to fins
Main:	Fins- 10.00am-  11am Painting the fins Paint Orange to burnt yellow on both fins before Lunch. Orange and Yellow graduation 11-3pm (with hour lunch break from 12-1pm) Cutting out the shapes from a template 22 circles 14 of each of the shapes Afternoon A parent to go round with the elastic around the calf and wrist and cut and staple for every child to size and label with Childs name.
Outcome:	27 Primary school painted Fins = 54 separate fins 6 Secondary school Fins- 12 Fins Cut shapes Started Calf and wrist elastic ready to sew
Additional notes, inc suggestions for next lesson and follow up:	Collect t-shirts to Dye Yellow before next session. Make sure these are labeled. Bring prototype for fins To do for next time- Start sewing elastic Cut out green circles for headdress (approx 160) Dye all primary and secondary t-shirts base colour Dye all helper t-shirts Start cutting out black circles for headdress (approx 1500) Ongoing project for me Make bubble headdresses for secondary kids x 6

Date: 10/05/2012	Procession section: (e.g. Punch and Judy, jellyfish) Red Fire Fish (orange)	Lesson no: 2
	School: Southill School
Resources/ Materials:	Supplied by school: elastic bands (15-20 per child) , t-shirts for primary, staples, stapler, scissors, PVA, biros,Fins, shapes cut out from last time, White card. Supplied by moving tides/me: t-shirts for secondary, staples, stapler, coloured card, green and purple paint, scraps, elastic purple
Objective:	Learn about textile processes to make patterns with dye. Learn about the importance to keeping to a template. Make decisions in design choices
Introduction:	9.15am- Show how we will stick the shapes onto the fins 1pm - Show demonstration how to decorate the card pieces and cut out shapes. Show how to use the templates and show what designs need to go on the card 2.05pm- Explain what to do with the t-shirts and do an example for the children (5min)
Main:	Morning 9.20- 10.15am Stick the shapes to the fins  Afternoon 1.05-2pm Paint Card Draw shapes on orange card Green Circles-already cut out to stick down Decorate card shapes with painted card/glitter use templates 2pm clean up 2.10pm-3pm Put the elastic bands around the t-shirts, making sure they all keep to the same pattern (1 hour)
Outcome:	33 t-shirts ready to dye. All fins have the shapes stuck on Decorative parts to headdress-cardboard shapes nearly finished
Additional notes, inc suggestions for next lesson and follow up:	For next time: me- Sew rest of the elastic for bells Dye all t-shirts Cut all mask shapes out Continue cutting out black circles them- finish shapes to be laminated

Date: 24/05/2012	Procession section: (e.g. Punch and Judy, jellyfish) Red Fire Fish (orange)	Lesson no: 3
	School: Southill School
Resources/ Materials:	Supplied by School: Large Needles, scissors, stapler, staples, Laminator, Paintbrushes, paint pots Supplied by moving tides: Bells, Purple elastic, thick strong thread, Paint, Plasterzote masks cut out, thin elastic, stapler, staples, laminate rolls, Heat gun
Objective:	Learning to make design choice decisions. Being creative Work from a template Learning basic sewing
Introduction:	9.30am-10.15m Show how to adjust shape of the headdress and add thin elastic. 10.30am Show the children how to decorate the masks with paint. Bring two different templates for them to choose their favourite Show the children how to adjust the plasterzote.   Show what will happen with heat gun  1pm Show the children how to sew the bells onto the elastic 2.30pm Show them how to thread the cable ties through the plasterzote.
Main:	10-11am Get a parent to heat gun each of the masks so they are rounded and nose fits 11am-11.55am decorate the front of the mask with paint. 11.55-12pm Everyone help tidy up all mess 12pm-1pm lunch 1pm-2.30pm Sew the Bells onto the elastic 2.30am The Big reveal of the tie dye Putting the cable ties on the plasterzote rectangles
Outcome:	33 Headdresses base finished. Mask part painted 33 finished Morris dancer style elastic with bells Cable ties threaded onto the rectangles- 3 for primary, 5 for leader T-shirts ready to put gems on
Additional notes, inc suggestions for next lesson and follow up:	Parent and helper spending day laminating shapes. For Next time: me- Add gems to t-shirts Draw the lines on the fins and iron Cut plasterzote strips Finish laminating shapes, and cut out. them- Children finish sewing bells.

Date: 31/05/2012	Procession section: (e.g. Punch and Judy, jellyfish) Red Fire Fish (orange)	Lesson no: 4
	School: Southill School
Resources/ Materials:	Supplied from the school: glue gun, glue sticks for it, scissors, All Plasterzote headdresses, All parts lefts at school Supplied from moving tides/me: small cable ties, foam circles, scraps from scrap store, Plasterzote strips, All costume parts I have. Foam heads
Objective:	Putting the headdresses together Making the costumes look finished and work as a group. Children are doing separate project for some parts of the day to do with the olympics arranged by the teacher
Introduction:	9.15am Staple the scraps of fabric to the bottom of the fins 9.30am Start attaching it all together demonstration to helpers 2.45pm discussion about carnival and what we have learnt
Main:	9.35am-10.15am The teacher helps the children with adding the scrap materials to the bottom of the fins in the way they want. 9.45am- 2pm Glue it all together add small cable ties 2.30pm Clear and pack everything away 2pm-2.45pm Everyone gets these t-shirt on and adult go round attaching fins and elastic wrists and t-shirts together using cable ties. 2.45pm-3pm Photos
Outcome:	Finish all the costumes
Additional notes, inc suggestions for next lesson and follow up:	10-2pm TA,  two parents + me needed on glue gun table putting it all together Sort everything out so it’s ready and safe for 12 July

Making the Prototype

Fins
Painting the fins- using the textile paint was really easy to blend the two colours together.
*From this technique I can teach the children what the word blend is, and how to do it with paint.
I want the scalloped edges to be yellow and the main base to be orange. This will give them more depth and more realistic to the Fire Fish, rather than be one solid block of colour.
I was really surprised at the drying time. It only took 15-20mins for them to dry out. This means it shouldn't make too much mess in the classroom and hopefully it will mean we will be able to move onto other things.

   Headdress
Once all the separate parts were made and cut out it was really quick putting them all together.
By making two separate templates I can take them into the school and stick them up around the classroom so the children can choose which one and copy it onto the front of the headdress on the mask part. Three colours- green, orange and gold can be used and they can choose how they use the colour.
Again I used the textile paint for the prototype. I also used Watercolour paint. The watercolour paint did not work at all it did not dry so i had to try and wipe it off. Instead i used acrylic paint and though it took longer to dry than the textile paint it was a bold, strong colour which would be waterproof in case the weather was not good on the day.
The Plasterzote is waterproof and lightweight so I used this for the main base and the strands coming off the top of the headdress. These are really bouncy so I will add more on the final headdresses.




















The other shapes on the sides were created by cutting out curly wave shapes and sticking bits of green and mauve blobs onto this. They were then laminated and cut out then glue gunned onto the top of the headdress by bending the bottom 1cm to create a base. For the children's headdresses I am going to add glitter into the laminating pouches so that it will be more shiny and hopefully reflective in the sun.

Tie Dye Experimentation Evaluation

I have chosen method three for choice of tie-dye for the t-shirts.

This is because...

• The colours are bolder- and more vibrant.
• The T-shirts look overall more orange.
•  I feel the colours and pattern will look better as a group as there will be more continuity. 
• They are more similar to the patterns on a Red Firefish.

What I have learnt from this process...

• The bands don't take long at all to put onto the t-shirts so it will be important to have other activities to have ready for the children to do as it won't take all afternoon to do
• It is important to use a lot of dye to create these bold colours
• It is important to have more orange in the t-shirts as some of the prototype's I created were too yellow, or two white, and I feel it will look better if it is a group of one block colour with hints of purple and green rather than a mix of many colours.

Cable Ties and Elastic Dying

I am Dying the Cable Ties purple and green dip dyed, and the thick elastic (For the calf's and wrist) Purple.

I am Using...
For the Purple colour:

 Kemtex Royal Blue synthetic fabric dye, and Kemtex Fushia Red synthetic fabric dye

Dye Room session to find out the right mix...

2 1/2 tsp Kemtex Fushia Red synthetic fabric dye

1/4 tsp Kemtex Royal Blue synthetic fabric dye

1/2 cup salt 

full Large saucepan of water
and for the Green colour: 

 Kemtex Emerald Green synthetic fabric dye, Kemtex Royal Blue synthetic fabric dye,

Dye Room session to find out the right mix...

1 tsp Kemtex  Emerald Green synthetic fabric dye

1/4 tsp Kemtex Royal Blue synthetic fabric dye

1/2 cup salt 

full Large saucepan of water

Leaving the cable ties for different lengths of time's meant that the colours came out slightly different. Which I like this subtle variation. and the dip dying meant that they all came out differently depending how much of the cable tie was dipped. 

Tie Dye Experimentation

Today I am trying out two methods for the Tie Dye.

I am planning to use the colours simply- straight from the can but rather than using only orange I would like to incorporate yellow, and red into the t-shirts to make them bolder in colour. I have bought A LOT of Dye! This is so the colours produced are really vibrant. I don't want any 'wishy washy' colours in my group!

I am using Dylon dye as the t-shirts are going to be cotton so this is the best dye for this. Golden Glow (yellow) Tangerine (orange) Cherry Flame (red)

 I may change the red dye to the scarlet depending on today's results.

Originally I was going to get the children to dye the t-shirts themselves but time and money has meant that I was going to use Cold water dyes, I am now using Dylon.

Both- I want stripes horizontally across the t-shirt like the pattern's on a fire fish. I want the stripes to be all the way to the top with the collar and sleeves stripy all the way to the bottom. Though the children will choose where they want their stripes I hope they all will look the same as a group.

Method 1. Dye the whole T-shirt yellow first- wait until dry. Then tie the t-shirts up in elastic bands.

Dye the t-shirt orange then dip dye the top and bottom 2 inches red.

Method 2. Tie up the whole t-shirt in elastic bands in the stripy style with no base colour. Then dip dye. yellow at the bottom, orange in the middle (the majority of the t-shirt), and then red at the top.

Method 3. Dye the t-shirt a base colour of pale orange then tie up the t-shirt with sets of three elastic bands then a bigger space so that it is more alike to the patterns on a Firefish.  Then dye the whole t-shirt a bright orange then add red to the mix to make a burnt orange colour and dip dye the top and bottom with this then add more red for the last inch of the top and bottom.

Second draft of lesson plans

This is my second draft. I will be now sending it off to my teacher. She will have to make sure it is suitable for the children to do. Once I have made my prototype it could alter what I will be doing with the children.


Overview of Activities Day-by-Day
1st Workshop- Introduction, Fins, Elastic prep
2nd Workshop-Headdress Base and mask decoration, T-shirt Wrapping, Headdress decoration prep
3rd Workshop- Tie dye reveal, Headdress card decoration, Sewing on Bells
4th Workshop- Finish everything off, attach everything together


These are the lesson plans for the workshops that I shall be running in the school. 
They include materials list's, activities, What I would like to achieve and what I need to do to prepare and before and after each workshop.

Date: 03/05/2012	Procession section: (e.g. Punch and Judy, jellyfish) Red Fire Fish (orange)	Lesson no: 1
	School: Southill School
Resources/ Materials:	Supplied by school: Paintbrushes-for paint and glue, PVA glue, glitter, staples, stapler, a4 white paper (couple of sheets for elastic labels) scissors, Biro pens. Pencils, Hair dryers. Name labels By Moving Tides/me: Fabric Paint, scraps from scrap store (foam, fabric scraps), Lining fabric, Purple elastic, Templates, Stapler and staples, masking tape. Hair dryers. Pics of sea creature and names
Objective:	Learning to paint between the lines on fabric, learn to accurately  follow instructions. Learn about the whole costume and Moving Tides event
Introduction:	Morning Start at 9.30am Intro who I am, and name labels Game of match the name with the sea creature Intro on the whole design and the techniques how it will be all be made and any questions (20 mins) 9.50am Explanation of what we will be doing with the day and in-depth example of what to do (15-20 mins) Afternoon 1pm Quick talk about how we are finishing the Fins
Main:	Fins- 10.10am- 12 (Hopefully!) Paint Orange to burnt yellow on both fins and painting the fins before Lunch. Finish painting other side if it needs it. - Hair Dryers to dry paint.  Start cutting out the shapes to go onto the fins 1-3pm After Lunch- Finish cutting out the other shapes from a template and gluing them on. Plat the extra pieces of fabric to staple onto the bottom of the fins All Day- As long as it takes A parent to go round with the elastic around the calf and wrist and cut and staple for every child to size and label with Childs name.
Outcome:	27 Primary school finished Fins = 54 separate fins 3 Secondary school Fins- 6 Fins Calf and wrist elastic ready to sew
Additional notes, inc suggestions for next lesson and follow up:	Collect t-shirts to Dye orange before next session. Make sure these are labeled. Bring prototype for both Primary and Secondary fins To do for next time- Finish off the secondary fins (That I used as an example, and make one more set of fins to make up the 6.) Sew elastic Draw Lines on Fins Make bubble headdresses for secondary kids x 6

Date: 10/05/2012	Procession section: (e.g. Punch and Judy, jellyfish) Red Fire Fish (orange)	Lesson no: 2
	School: Southill School
Resources/ Materials:	Supplied by school: elastic bands (15-20 per child) , t-shirts for primary, staples, stapler, scissors, sellotape, PVA, biros, Supplied by moving tides/me: t-shirts for secondary, fiber glass tape, plasterzote, net, elastic- thin orange, staples, stapler, heat gun, paint, fabric paint, skewers
Objective:	Learn about textile processes to make patterns with dye. Learn about the importance to keeping to a template. Make decisions in design choices
Introduction:	9.30am Name labels Show the children how to adjust the plasterzote.   Show what will happen with heat gun  10.45am Show the children how to decorate the masks with paint. Bring two different templates for them to choose their favourite 1pm Explain what to do with the t-shirts and do an example for the children (15 mins) 2pm Show children template and plat technique (10 mins)
Main:	9.45am-10.45am Make Main adjust shape of the headdress and add thin elastic. 10-11 Get a parent to heat gun each of the masks so they are rounded and nose fits 11am-11.30am decorate the front of the mask with paint. 11.30-12pm Everyone help tidy up all messy paint 12pm-1pm lunch 1.15pm-2pm Put the elastic bands around the t-shirts, making sure they all keep to the same pattern (1 hour) 2-3pm Attach cable ties to plasterzote squares  Foam circles templates and cut out in black x 20 per child
Outcome:	33 t-shirts ready to dye. 33 Headdresses base finished. Mask part painted Made a start with decorative parts to headdress
Additional notes, inc suggestions for next lesson and follow up:	Prepare 1 secondary elastic band t-shirts to dye before extra Sew rest of the elastic for bells Create 1 more secondary headdress base and finish demonstration base and masks Dye all t-shirts

Date: 24/05/2012	Procession section: (e.g. Punch and Judy, jellyfish) Red Fire Fish (orange)	Lesson no: 3
	School: Southill School
Resources/ Materials:	Supplied by School: Large Needles, A0 white Cardboard, A4 Coloured Card, PVA glue, scissors, glitter, any orange/purple/green paint, glue gun with glue sticks Supplied by moving tides: Bells, Purple elastic, thick strong thread, scraps from scrap store?, Paint
Objective:	Learning to make design choice decisions. Being creative Work from a template Learning basic sewing
Introduction:	9.30 The Big Reveal- of the tie dye. 9.45 Show what we will do today. Paint big A0 Card Show how to use the templates and show what designs need to go on the card 1pm Show the children how to sew the bells onto the elastic
Main:	9.30 The Big reveal of the tie dye 10am-11.45am Paint Card cut out Green Circles Decorate card shapes with painted card/glitter use templates Also finish last SESSIONS foam circles and plated net/scraps 11.45-12 clean up 1pm-3pm Sew the Bells onto the elastic
Outcome:	Headdress/Mask combination cardboard shapes 33 finished Morris dancer style elastic with bells Everything finished fins and Morris dance bells
Additional notes, inc suggestions for next lesson and follow up:	Laminate all the children’s cardboard shapes and cut  out. Add gems to t-shirts

Date: 31/05/2012	Procession section: (e.g. Punch and Judy, jellyfish) Red Fire Fish (orange)	Lesson no: 4
	School: Southill School
Resources/ Materials:	Supplied from the school: glue gun, glue sticks for it, scissors Supplied from moving tides/me: cable ties, foam, gem, net, scraps from scrap store
Objective:	Putting the headdresses together Making the costumes look finished and work as a group.
Introduction:	9.30am Start attaching it all together demonstration Show the children how to add anything extra to laminate and foam pieces from scrap store 2.45pm discussion about carnival and what we have learnt
Main:	9.45am add anything extra to laminate and foam pieces from scrap store. Add the circles to the cable ties 10-12 Glue it all together add small cable ties 1pm-2pm any extra finish’s 2pm Clear and pack everything away 2pm-3pm everyone gets these t-shirt on and adult go round attaching fins and elastic wrists and t-shirts together using cable ties
Outcome:	Finish all the costumes.
Additional notes, inc suggestions for next lesson and follow up:	10-2 two parents needed on glue gun table putting it all together Sort everything out so it’s ready  and safe for 12 July