Workshop 1 03/05/2012

Introduction of My design 

I brought in my design and photos from inspiration, all spoke about past Moving tides carnivals and passed around photos of previous costumes.

Task one

Painting the Fins- Everyone painted their own fins, apart from the leader fins where they were spread out onto the tables so everyone could lend a hand. 

Task two

Cutting out the shapes for the fins. I brought in a large amount of templates so they could draw around then cut out.

Problem Solving

• Using over 3x the amount of materials as the prototype. Has resulted in me having to try to squeeze the leader costumes out of the scraps as the scrap store has run out of the orange rip stock fabric needed.
• Because there was less space on the tables than when I pained the fins we couldn't fit everyone fins on the table at the same time. to solve this problem they worked in teams of two to get there fins painted so there would be more space.

What I have learnt?

• As this was my first workshop, there were a few things I hadn't thought about before going in- the size of the tables. When I made my prototype I spread my fins right out so I had as much space as I needed. There table were 1/4 of the size which meant it was all a bit cramped. 
• I used kids scissors when cutting out the ripstock orange fabric and it was fine, though when I got to the cutting out, some were really struggling and I realised i hadn't taken into account that their scissors weren't brand new so some were really really blunt so they needed more help than expected.
• Children are not as conservative of materials, and though even told and demonstrated they will always draw their shapes in the centre of the material equalling in the use of a lot more materials
• Some of the shape cutting was difficult for some children and they found it a little fiddly, resulting in them struggling a bit. So helpers had to help speed them up a little and my teacher agreed to get it all finished by the following workshop. So less shapes, but bigger shapes would have worked better for this.