Mobile/Mall Workshop Reflection

Last Friday Emma, Michelle and I had our Mobile workshop. To prepare to facilitate the workshop I came in on Thursday to create my own hanging wind chime mobile. When I was creating the mobile, I found that the overall tying and bending of wires was very tedious and tiring. I was a little worried that if any kids came, they wouldn't be able to make a mobile very easilly. It is a very labor intensive process. When it was completed, however, I was satisfied with how my mobile came out.

On Friday, Emma and I met at BICAS at 1:30 to go over logistics. We decided to both discuss the different techniques of mobile making and breifly discuss what one should consider when making a mobile. Balance and weight were a major factor in the effectiveness of the mobile. Aescetically, the mobiles looked better with minimum wire and fishing line. Afterwards we set up for the workshop. Fortunately, Michelle brought some extra wire in the clutch!

Overall, I think the workshop was successful. Despite the fact that we started a little late, I think everybody had a really good time. I enjoyed working with Valerie's son. He had a little trouble tying knots and bending the wire, so I had to assist him but I didn't mind. I feel like these workshops are trial and error and it could go either way. I know he had fun regardless so I wasn't too worried.

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The Mall Workshop on Tuesday. I, also, found that this workshop ran a lot smoother then the other. There was a lot more solicitation going on and more people coming up to the table. I had planned on posting some solicitation statistics to see how we could improve mall workshops in the future with tally sheets that our class could give back to me before they left. Unfortunately, I only got 3 tally records back.

I thought that the real success at the Mall Workshop was the workshop in itself. More people were interested then in the first, which baffles me considering we didn't even have a tent. What I really enjoyed was that the UANews reporter was truly interested in what we were doing. It is great that our class got an interview set up with her. That will probably give us the most publicity for the Art Auction, and the community class in general.