This week has been so fun. We are running a project with a local school in Eltham- Wyborne primary. On Tuesday we went down to the school for the morning and helped out and got involved with the lessons. We helped out and got to know the kids a bit, and then went away and had to design a day of activities for them to do on thursday. This is in order to get some research on what they like- so we can design a "go go crazy bones toy" for them. We all worked really hard to organise the day and we had 3 stations of workshops where they could create different things from components, another where they were sculpting characters from playdoh- with Sayaka Ito and Dinah Blackson- who both did amazingly well.
Then we also interspersed these with workshops where they could get involved and learn about what we do.
Esteban and Kate Smith ran a laser cutter, 3d milling machine, and zund workshop that amazed the kids.
I ran a workshop on the blufoam cutter where we gave them the opportunity to create "anything" they wanted with my supervision. It was amazing, and they came out with some crackers. Me. "what would you like to make?". Children. "a pumpkin" "diamonds" "my dad"!! was brilliant and we got some really good positive results that we are now analysing and beginning the design process.
This is my boiiiiiiiii Finn. He is an absolutely quality young man- here he is with his Blu foam arrow.
Big thanks to Wybourne School for their kind hospitality- and all the laughs. your stars. So nice to be around some people with lovely perspective on everything- and who truely "think out side the box"!!!!!
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