UNIT X - EDUCATOR: POP UP POM POM'S

POP UP POM POM's SIGN BEING CREATED.

POM POM GARLAND

POM POM GARLAND BEING PUT UP

TABLE LAYOUT- VISUAL AIDS- YARNS-POM POM TEMPLATES

POM POM WORKSHOP IN FULL SWING

POM POM KEY RING- OWN IMAGE.

POM POM KEYRING- OWN IMAGE

Pop Up Pom Pom's was a success. It was a relaxed and great experience. The Pom Pom girls have done it again! Our collaboration skills have improved in each workshop we have faced. This workshop audience was for adults and it was more of a calm workshop as I found it much easier to settle and get stuck in. Before we set up at the exhibition space we met each other before hand to get the sign ready, again we just did that all together really, as well as the roles for the night of having front of house, activity leaders etc. we had all that planned but when the workshop started and we got into it we all just naturally took turns and walked around. This workshop was very different to the other two for it being not as structured but this workshop is defiantly the best. Everyone who joined in the Pom Pom making looked so happy and alot of people said of how therapeutic it was! The layout of the table was important for us as we wanted everyone to feel welcomed and to just walk straight in and take a seat due to the layout of the room.. in total there was round 100-200 people who took part in the workshops we had on the night- which a great response to all our pop up workshops!
The way the table looked and was laid out was very welcoming and easy to see.. the garlands that Kitty And Ellie made were beautiful.. at first I was not very keen on them as thought it was wasting time on planning as in that week we had another workshop to be worrying about, but they pulled it off nicely. More in this planning of the workshop it was a joint team effort of us all coming together and making Pom Pom's and planning out how we want it to look and run like, two of the girls said they would buy the yarns, scissors and makers from hobby craft due to them living near each other and a hobby craft but other than that we did all collaborate together.
The unit X exhibition was our 3rd workshop for this unit- and this one for me is the most significant. its was more comfortable for me to be helping adults as I had more of a conversation with them aswell as it being an exhibition, majority of us had similar interests and being from art backgrounds. This workshop made me think about Art Therapy, from peoples feedback of how relaxed they felt and that the worries went once doing a Pom Pom, it being therapeutic process, them learning a new skill old and new, it was just a very calm and safe environment for us as workshop runners and for the audience. The Pom Pom key chains were the best possible outcome for the workshop-  Key rings being new and contemporary so it attracts people straight away, as people like to see an end product which by introducing key ring Pom Pom's made the workshop more beneficial and successful.

POM POM GIRLS (TOP)
UNIT X EDUCATOR GROUP (BOTTOM)

The success and popularity of our Pop up Pom Pom's- The group was approached by a fashion student who wanted to use all of our Pom Pom's in her final shoot- she loved how retro and bohemian they looked through the use of colours and materials used. As a group we agreed to let that happen, so we are looking forward to hear back from Ellis and see the photos to which we can out into our portfolios!