Showing posts with label SDP 002 Evaluation and Reflection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SDP 002 Evaluation and Reflection. Show all posts
Friday, 22 June 2012
Workshops evaluation
The next step is the procession which I am very excited about and really looking forward to. The test of how successful my costumes are will be seen on the day of the carnival. I am really hoping they will stand out as a group and be effective in repetitive patterns and movement. Hopefully they will withstand the weather on the day as it's anyone's guess on what it will be like- my fingers are crossed for a warm, calm day. This could also affect the children's comfort levels. I have them in short sleeve t-shirts and shorts, If it is a cold day, some changes such as a black or which t-shirt underneath the orange t-shirt will have to be worn and black of which tights or leggings will have to be worn under the shorts with the morris bells elastic over the top. My main concern is that the headdress elastic will come loose if the weather is partially windy, or if the children have been playing with them, or they haven't been stored in a safe place- to be on the safe side I will be taking a stapler and fibreglass tape with me just in case there are any last minute repair jobs.
Friday, 25 May 2012
4th Workshop 31/05/2012
This Workshop was about getting everything finish and ready for Carnival day on the 12th July.
Tasks for the Children to finish the Fins
Using the scraps from the scrap store staple them to the bottom of the fin for extra movement. It also allows the children to make their own decisions about how there final costume will look. Another job that needed doing was using the small cable ties attach the elastic to the fins and cable tie the fins to the t-shirt.
Then me and helper had to put the headdresses together using the glue guns.
Problem solving
- The school's glue guns were cool melt guns therefore they wouldn't slick properly so I had to nip to B&Q to get a hot melt glue gun, this slowed us down a little but we manage to get most of them done.
- On the trying on session we realised the PVA glue used at schools is watered down so that it lasts longer which meant some of the shapes were coming off the fins. Luckily the helper agreed to help more when I left for the last workshop and so several parents sewed using a sewing machine a straight line all the shapes just to make sure if it was a windy day nothing would come off. This was very helpful and I was very thankful for the help.
Final Trying on Session
3rd Workshop- 24/05/2012
Task One
Put together the headdress shapes by bending them around and measuring, putting a rectangle of fibre glass tape down, then stapling the elastic the headdress in the appropriate places. Then covering the staples in more fibre glass tape so they wouldn't go into the head.
Task Two
Painting the designs on the mask area copying the templates stuck to the walls of the classroom using the colours Orange, Gold and green.
These were the finished designs on the masks of the headdresses
Task Three
Sewing the bells onto the elastic. I showed them how to do it. Several times before they went off to try it. Tie a knot, sew twice through elastic twice through the bell, once through elastic and tie a knot. Each bell done separately.
Luckily my teacher agreed to get them all finished by the next session.
This afternoon there were people in filming the Class for the Moving Tides DVD, this meant I swapped round some of the tasks so that it would be more exciting for the camera crew, lots of different things going on.
Task Four and Five
The children to be split into two groups. One group to go with the teacher to cut off the elastic to do the 'Big Reveal' of the tie dye t-shirts.
The other group came with me to place three/five pieces of fibre glass tape on the plasterzote and make 3 holes in the primary rectangles and 5 in the leader rectangles where the tape was, And thread the cable ties through. So they were ready to attach to the main headdress.
Problem Solving/ What I learnt:
- As the weather was so hot I found the children were a little distracted and it was harder this time to get them to concentrate so was more challenging to get them to follow instruction, such as the cable ties some of them were put in the wrong way round.
- Last week I struggled getting them to come up with their own designs for the card which is to be laminated, this week I struggled to get them to follow the designs in which I came up with them to copy. Though they haven't followed the design 100% they look great as a group on the Mask part of the headdress.
- I think the children really enjoyed taking the elastic bands off the t-shirt to see what the dye revealed.
- The bells-some people found it easy (especially the girls) and had finished by the end of the workshop and were helping other class mates to get it finished. Others really struggled and had never tied a knot before so one-to-one demonstrations enabled me to show each child clearly how to do it. I found the best way was to show them how to do it once, then they show me they could do it while I watched that way i knew if they understood or not.
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Workshop 2 10/05/2012
Task one-
Stick down the shapes on the fins
Last week we cut out the shapes, this week was the job of sticking them all down.
As the tables were quite small in the classroom, the children worked in table groups arranging the shapes first then sticking down when they were happy they were symmetrical.
Task two-
Decorating the card to be decorated for the headdress. I had already cut out the green circles so there would be some continuity amongst the group. I let the children come up with their own shapes of swirls and patterns for the main shape and then decorated them using white card which they painted in florescent green and iridescent mauve. So even though each will have there own shapes and designs so they are all different, they will work well as a team as they all will have the same four colours- Orange, dark green circles, florescent green, and mauve with glitter to finish.
Task three-
Tying up the t-shirts ready to be dip dyed.
Took the ready dyed prototype, Took two examples of the leader t-shirts tied up and did a demo with the other leader t-shirt then did a check once they were all finished.
Extra Task By helper- Going around cutting elastic for calf's and wrists
Stick down the shapes on the fins
Last week we cut out the shapes, this week was the job of sticking them all down.
As the tables were quite small in the classroom, the children worked in table groups arranging the shapes first then sticking down when they were happy they were symmetrical.
Task two-
Decorating the card to be decorated for the headdress. I had already cut out the green circles so there would be some continuity amongst the group. I let the children come up with their own shapes of swirls and patterns for the main shape and then decorated them using white card which they painted in florescent green and iridescent mauve. So even though each will have there own shapes and designs so they are all different, they will work well as a team as they all will have the same four colours- Orange, dark green circles, florescent green, and mauve with glitter to finish.
Task three-
Tying up the t-shirts ready to be dip dyed.
Took the ready dyed prototype, Took two examples of the leader t-shirts tied up and did a demo with the other leader t-shirt then did a check once they were all finished.
Extra Task By helper- Going around cutting elastic for calf's and wrists
Problem Solving-
As they had struggled cutting the circles last time I cut some of the circles for the card they decorated.
Too much elastic used- no choice but to buy some more.
As the Children didn't get everything done, my teacher has kindly agreed to finish everything for my next session ( a helper will laminate next session with the school laminator)
As the children were hurried , and worked as a team it meant that when working on fins from the team, they didn't want to be as neat as when working on their own so it meant that not all the shapes were covered in a even layer of glue up to the edges. So to solve this problem to make sure all are at the same standard my teacher said she would check all the fins to make sure all the shapes have been stuck down properly by my next workshop.
What have I learnt?
- Not to be precious about my design and the overall look, though it is important that as a group they do follow my design and will be recognisable to the design and each other. But if you say they can come up with the design they will either worry that there ideas are the wrong ideas, or do something completely different from your example...For example, instead of the blobs on my prototype want there names in the card, or messages of 'I Love mum' etc..
- All the Children work at very different levels so when one child finds it very easy and gets it done within minutes, not to presume everyone will be 'in the same boat'. I new that some would find it easy and some would find it more difficult- I thought it would be that some would be their speed that differs but not, that some children wouldn't actually be able to do it at all.
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.
Friday, 27 April 2012
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...
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.
Saturday, 21 April 2012
Making the Prototype
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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.
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.Friday, 20 April 2012
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.
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Lesson Plan tutorial reflection
Today I had a tutorial with Adele looking into lesson plan's and how to make them more suitable and how to use the day more successfully.
I have learnt that...
- Make sure you leave enough explaining time.
- Demonstration is the best way to tell them what to do
- It's good to engage them into it before starting for example asking the question what is carnival? what creature's in the ocean can you think of?
- You can split them into smaller groups for more difficult activities
- Helpers are a great way to make sure things are done in the right way.
- Template's speed things along
- Make sure you keep reminding them about not mixing colours or only give them one colour at a time
- Make sure you remember to allow drying time.
- Children love to do the 'big reveal' in tie-dye so make sure i leave it up to them to get the elastic bands off the t-shirts
Budget
The budgeting is done! All the student artists working on Moving Tides, have now coordinated orders to reduce costs and delivery charges, I would have been over but thanks to polo-shirt.co.uk and Hindleys where everyone wanted to order from I have saved myself a good amount of money on postage.
Also making the decision to do the dying within the university, rather than at the school due to time constraints, I have swapped from using cold water dyes to Dylon which saved me some money. I am now within budget!
Final Budget Sheet
Student Artists Name: Louise Tring
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School Name: Southill School
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Project Name and basic Description: Moving Tides Carnival part of the Spirit of the Sea Festival
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Number of costumes to be made: 27 Primary, 6 Secondary-Leader
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Item
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How many?
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Cost per Item
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Total Amount
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Postage & extra VAT
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Supplier Bought By M/T or S/a
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Scrap Store (two Bags)+registration
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2
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£6.00
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£17.00
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Scrap Store S/A
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bells 432 10mm
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2
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£22.99
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£45.98
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Ebay S/A
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Bells 108 25mm
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1
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£22.99
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£22.99
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Ebay S/A
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Elastic 25m 38mm
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1
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£10
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£10.00
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Ebay S/A
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Elastic 10m 10mm
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2
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£1.60
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£3.20
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Ebay S/A
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Leader t-shirts
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6
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£1.74
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£10.44
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£0.90
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Polo-shirt.co.uk M/T
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Plastazote 6mm orange
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12
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£55.82
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£0.87
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Hinleys.com M/T
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Laminate
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1
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£12.74
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£12.74
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Ebay S/A
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Net Orange 25yards
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2
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£2.49
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£4.98
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Ebay S/A
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Small cable ties (pack of 500)
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1
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£2.50
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£2.50
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Ebay S/A
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100x 530mm x 9.0 Cable Ties
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1.5
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£9.47
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£14.21
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Toolstation S/A
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Balls (bubbles)
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1
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£12.99
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£9.95
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Ebay S/A
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Masking Tape
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2
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£0.99
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£1.98
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Ebay S/A
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Kemtex Dye dysperse (elastic, cable ties) Synthetic
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4
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£0.95
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£3.80
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AUCB
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Dylon Dye Orange
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9
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£0.90
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£8.10
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AUCB
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Dylon Dye Yellow
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10
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£0.90
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£9.00
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AUCB
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Dylon Dye Red
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4
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£0.90
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£3.60
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AUCB
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Salt
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3
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£0.50
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£1.50
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AUCB
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Fabric/Acrylic Paint
Hair bands
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6
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0.99
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£43.99
£5.94
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£3.25
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Hindleys.com M/T
Ebay S/A
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Lining Fabric
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39
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£1.25
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£48.75
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£1.99
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Cheap fabric.com M/T
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Gems
Piano Wire
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5
1
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£1.00
£3.95
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£5.00
£3.95
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£1.40
£2.55
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Ebay S/A
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Total Cost= £359.62
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Items required to be supplied by the School (e.g. PVA glue, pencils, felt tips etc.)
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Glue Gun, Glue Sticks for Glue gun, PVA Glue, Any Orange Purple and Green paint, Glitter, A0 White Card, A4 Coloured Card, pencils, Felt Tips, Biro's, Scissors, paintbrushes for paint and glue, stapler, staples, large needles
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Ebay Items Links
Bells
and
Elastic
Cable Ties
Orange net
Hair Bands
Gems
Piano Wire
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