This was a busy BICAS week. Tuesday, Shana, Jessi, Angie, and I met with Casey to discuss the jewelry and mall workshops. I told Casey I hope we are not bombarding her with questions and meetings and she said we are actually making her job easier. She is very happy about all of the work we are doing. I took home several bike parts and soaked, scrubbed, and simple-greened them before making two bracelets, a necklace, and a pair of earrings. It is truly addictive and I had to literally put the supplies away so I could get back to work on my thesis! 
Tonight was our jewelry workshop. Shana was great at organizing the supplies and Jamie, Jessi, and I all helped put things in her neatly labeled bowls. Jessi made a beautiful necklace and Shana made a binder with how-to images that were very helpful. I was very disappointed with my demonstration as I didn't ask everyone to come in closer from the start. Some large photos of each step would have been helpful as well, but I was grateful that Shana's book served that purpose. If you all had been teenagers, perhaps I would have remembered how to teach! I kept thinking community teaching is much different than school teaching, and I treated it differently, but I don't think it is that different after all. 
Other than that, the workshop went well. We counted about 20 participants and they made some really nice pieces.
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