Madeline-4/1/09-Materials for the Arts

On April 1st Sadie, Surayya and I went to Materials for the Arts for our 4th visit and our third working day.  It took a while for the train to come but it finally came and we were off to Materials for the arts.  We put our stuff down, signed in and went right to work. Our task was to roll big sheets of poster paper in groups of forty sheets and tie it with a rubber band.  The paper at Materials for the arts is mostly given to public school teachers.  They use these for projects and reports.  We put about forty sheets in each roll because most classes are about 35 kids.  We put all the paper on a big rolling cart and worked on that.  There were three stacks of paper, which were each about 1 1/2 feet tall.  There were many different kinds of paper.  On the top of the stacks there were many sheets of light blue paper.  They were very easy to roll up and tie together.  Under that was a white glossy poster paper.  This paper was very stiff and hard to roll.  When we put a rubber band around it, it would unroll and get looser.  Johnese went to get stronger rubber bands.  Although they were hard to put around the thick paper, the outcome was much better because the paper rolls stayed small.  We went through two of the stacks and fit the rolls in two big boxes.  The reason we rolled all the paper was to make it easier for the customers to find and take the paper they want.  If they had to take it from the stacks themselves they would probably end up rolling up anyway, so we made their job easier.  The time went by very quickly and before we knew it, it was time to go.