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Workshops for both kids and adults can be booked in Victoria or Vancouver, BC. If you don't find what you want here, please contact me to discuss your needs. Depending on your cause and location, I might be able to do it for FREE!

Here footage from my workshop at Iconocraft christmas.

Workshops offered:

Tensegrities: $6/participant, minimum $40, age 8+
- Includes colourful materials for two tensegrities per participant
- http://alejandroerickson.com/joomla/geoburst/workshops/109-tensegrity-tensecoration-decoration
Hexastix: $12/participant, minimum $60, age 11+
- Includes materials for two hexastix per participant
- We make smaller versions of this: http://alejandroerickson.com/joomla/geoburst/crafts/108-364-interlocked-sticks-in-deep-cold-colours
Spaweenihedrons: $8/participant, minimum $56, age 10+
- Includes a spaghetti and wieners for each participant. Customer provides cooking utensils and kitchen.
- First we build something, and then we eat it! http://alejandroerickson.com/joomla/geoburst/workshops/113-spaghetti-and-wieners-meet-geoburst
Tensegrity balls: $12/participant, minimum $60, age 14+
- Includes materials to build one tensegrity ball per participant
- Similar to George Hart's posting on Make magazine, but more colourful http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/10/math-monday-tensegrity-balls.html
More to come!

Age recommendation is approximate. If there are fewer participants I can spend more time helping younger children. All workshops are currently given by Alejandro Erickson.

Below are postings about past and future workshops.

Headed to Bella Bella for First Nations Math Enrichment Program

Wednesday, 07 December 2011 08:58

I'm headed to Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada, with a suitcase full of GeoBurst materials to give demonstrations at the school there. Travel is provided by a program at Simon Fraser University, called Math Catcher for which I provided training and materials this fall. Here is the news from their website.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Math Catcher Program has been invitied to visit Bella Bella. On December 7, 2011, Veselin Jungic will meet a group of teachers from the Bella Bella Comunity School to talk about the Math Catcher Project and about promoting and teaching mathematics in general. On December 8, 2011, Jessica Humchitt, Alejandro Erickson, and Veselin Jungic will meet with students for the Math Catcher's activities.

Needless to say... I'M SOOO EXCITED!

Pictures to follow in my next post.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 December 2011 09:12

Iconocraft Christmas Debrief

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 08:30

A couple of weeks ago I showed people how to make tensegrities at Iconocraft Christmas. Here is some footage of that very fun event.

Spaghetti and Wieners meet Geoburst

Monday, 21 November 2011 12:29

I recently saw a picture of some spaghettis stuck in pieces of wieners, and the results were these cute little lumps with floppy tails sticking out. "So much potential," I thought. Here are the results of my first geometric crafts using spaghetti and wieners. This is definitely something I can bring to a nerdy event.

I tried to make a hyperboloid too, but didn't have enough materials left. Some thoughts for the future though...

Wieners and Spaghetti meet Geometry

Tensegrities at Girl Guide Fall Tea Nov 19

Friday, 18 November 2011 19:20

I'm pleased to announce that GeoBurst has provided materials to the local girl guide chapter, for the girls to make tensegrities. They will be on sale Saturday, November 19, at their Fall Tea and craft faire.

Girl Guide Tensegrities Fall Tea

The craft fair/bake sale are free to get in to, and the tea costs $5 for tea/coffee, sandwiches and goodies, served by girl guides, brownies, and sparks. Advance tickets are on sale between 11:30 and 12:30, or before each tea seating at 2:00, 2:40, and 3:20. It's at St. Mary’s Church Hall, 1701 Elgin Road (off Oak Bay Ave.).

I would have been happy to teach them myself had it not been for one of their leaders (and a friend of mine) Jennifer Woodcock. From her email:

The girls LOVED them and are all keen to buy their own ornaments.

Instead of selling them ready-made ones, however, I will have another chance to provide them with more materials and more fun! Thank you Jenni and Girl Guides :)

Don't wait, and seize this opportunity to contact me for materials and/or workshops to build your own tensegrity ornaments.