Pogo Printers

 

I think the most memorable feedback I've had from a workshop was the one where someone claimed to have fallen in love during the session.

He enjoyed using the Pogo printer we were using so much he went straight out and bought one for himself.

It still attracts interest and today, a friend who was looking to buy one for herself found it at a bargain price, so I thought I'd share.

Have a look here

Could be just what you need for your holidays!

Completing our hanging at Joys Green

Completing our hanging at Joys Green
Originally uploaded by lizziegolden

I am linking to this picture as I think it is of the textile Sara and Lizzie have been talking about in previous posts. The thing I really like about our blog is its visual appeal and many of our posts have images with them which add interest. It's really simple to link to images from Flickr. You simply go to the image and click on the blog icon above it. You write your blog post in Flickr and it automatically uses the title of the image and attributes it to the person who uploaded it.

Free Software

I was at Wyedean on Wednesday evening catching up with tutors working on the RARPA project. Part of our discussion centred around the increased storage space required when saving video and photos and someone from the Wyedean IT department joined us.

He has recommended the following free compression software Infranview. Does anyone want to give this a try and let me know what they think. It looks like it has some editing capabilities in it to so may be a possible solution to the issue Sara has raised. I am interested from a VLE point of view as it will enable us to compress images we are uploading and so reduce the amount of space we need.

what a treat!

I had a late night visit last night from textile colleague Lizzy - she brought down the 'just completed' textile created by a group of AdEd learners. It was absolutely fantastic. I know it will be exhibited later in the year at Cinderford Artspace. I am sure Lizzy will let us have the dates. There are pictures of learners creating 'their square' on flickr. The colours and textures are delicious. This is the rewarding part of teaching - seeing such lovely work produced and seeing the reactions of learners when they see what they have achieved.

Community textiles diary

I am enjoying creating the diary of making our Community Textile in Littledean. I think some of the sets of pictures and the comments would make a meaningful handout for learners. The learners will be in the pictures so it will be a great reminder of the learning experience. The group is keen to do this. For example my week 3 set includes how to use freezer paper. I can't work out how to copy the pictures and the captions 'in the set' so that I could print out a copy. Not many of my learners are using the internet yet. However the use of IT in the session is arousing their interest in the possiblities and there is talk of developing an internet cafe in Littledean. I thought if I could produce prints of some of the flickr' pics and captions it would be a great step in the right direction. Learners with the internet have had a handout to explain how to get to flickr. I don't want the other learners to loose out.

Community textile diary with pictures

I thought I would take advantage of the 'description' box below the photos in flickr to make a diary to record the 'story of how we made our community textile'. I will add a couple of pictures each week to the shared AdEd flickr site - but if you would like a peek at the full story take a look at my personal flickr site. There is a link off this blog.

The Lightbulb Project

"If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always got"

(Peter Francisco)

In construction at the moment, an experience that will alter your perception of teaching, raise your self awareness, allow you to look deep into your soul and realise... this is the way forward!
The Lightbulb project, light up your life with the knowledge.

Released: autumn term, 2009, subject to contract

Old kit, new ideas

 

I dropped into City Works this morning for a meeting (which wasn't at City Works at all, but that's a different story!) In the foyer was this great assemblage of materials and an OHP (overhead projector) together with a heap of interesting components to play with. So much potential here to explore shape, transparency, pattern, texture, with a piece of kit that many would argue has had its day.

It set me thinking about what other bits and pieces of equipment lie unloved in a cupboard somewhere, overtaken by more modern machines? What creative uses could they be used for? We have such a creative bunch of readers of this blog, how about giving us a challenge? Tell us a machine/resource you no longer use and we'll try to think up a new/different/exciting application for it!

getting sttarted

It is always excitiing to start a new project with learners. More so this time as I have not been working with AdEd learners for a little while. Our challenge is to create a community textile for the village of Littledean. It will hang in the United Reform Chapel which is buzzing with community activities. In our first session a series of simple but effective textile techniques were learnt. Students now plan to teach these techniques to others that attend community events so that everyone will be able to contribute a little to the textile. It is said that that the best way to learn is to teach someone else! We plan to put pictures of each session on flickr (aded site and my own site). In our first session we shared design ideas, learnt some simple techniques and took photos of landmark buildings in the village. We welcome you to share our progress on flickr.
Labels: Litledean community textile
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