Final Photos

29 Faces

Pot Final

Lines In The Sand

Drawing Lines In The Sand

Drawing Lines In Sand

Final

I realized after about 30 experimentations with various materials such as dirt, hay, grass, pine needles, dead leaves, sand, dried day lillies, rock, dried corn stalks, that I was too caught up in the experimentation process of the project, and not having the final project in mind.  Knowing that peppers grow best in the warmth, I decided to go with making adobe and dead leaves as insulators and the dead leaves would also serve as a waterproofing.  I do not want to bring it to class, because the pepper plant hates to be brought into different temperatures within a quick time, and it was too cold for me to trust that the weather would not affect the plant.  I used a dried day lily as a tool for the plant to use to grow. I tried to develop a funnel system using paper mache, and dead leaves, with the use of a water balloon.  The funnel would be placed inside the lily rod, at the top, so you could easily water the plant at its roots, where it is most needed.  Even though I am not a fan of Thomas Edison, I quote him in saying, " I have not failed, I have just found 1000 ways that do not work".  I have not failed, just simply found and explored other materials for later projects.

Adobe Ingredients.  1 part hay, 2 part soil, 1 part clay, 1 part sand, and water as needed

mixed up

Grapevines weaved, base of pot

Pot drying

Sand Pot Fail

Inspiration for pot

Songs for Creative Process for Project 2

Step 1: Idea - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald  - Gordon Lightfoot, “ In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed/in the “Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral”/The church bell chimed ‘til it rang twenty –nine times/ for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald/ “Superior” they said, “never gives up her dead”

Step 2: I want to make this fun - Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper,  That’s all they really want/some fun

Step 3: Limit what I want to do, know my limitations and move on - Jeans On – David Dundas, “When I wake up in the mornin’ light/ I pull on my jeans and I feel all right/ I pull my jeans on

Step 4: What process I should use, I decided to use sand molds, like I did in High School - Kodachrome – Paul Simon, “When I think back/On all the crap I learned in high school / It’s a wonder / I can think at all/ And though my lack of education / hasn’t hurt me none

Step 5: Lets make a statement - Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman, “Poor people gotta rise up/and get their share/ Poor people gotta rise up / and get their share

Step 6:  I finally knew what I wanted to do - The Sign – Ace of Base, “ I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes / I saw the sign “

Step 7: The original idea didn’t work out, so I have to come up with a new one -Circle of Life – Various Artists, “ Through despair and hope/ through faith and love/ till we find our place/ On the path unwinding / In the Circle / The Circle of Life”

Step 8:  Staying up Late to finish it - 3 Am – Matchbox Twenty, “It’s 3 am I must be lonely”

 

Step 9: In the end, it truly does not matter - In The End – Linkin Park, “ It doesn’t even matter how hard you try / time is a valuable thing / watch it fly as the pendulum swings / I tried so hard/ And got so far / But in the end / It doesn’t even matter / I had to fall / To lose it all”

Step 10:  I am finally done – Take A Bow – Rhianna,  “But you put on quite a show, really had me going/ but now its time to go, curtains finally closing / that was quite a show, very entertaining/ but its over now / go on and take a bow”

Ways to Preserve/Mold. Final Project