Stone Soup: to see, not to taste

An incredibly successful collaboration of designers and their skills were definitely evident in class on Thursday when we worked together as a group to create something impressive with what supplies we had produced.  We started off a little unsure, but eventually, we practically threw all that we brought onto the table, studied them carefully, and began to plan by brainstorming ideas verbally.

About 1/3 of the supplies actually there

After lots of ideas, the 2 liter bottle became a tree trunk, brown paper became branches, and the box became the ground for the tree to take root in.  Pink colored paper became flowers, white paper became snow, and fishing wire became the air blowing the orange leaves falling from the tree.

Not every detail is obvious; however, it is supposed to be a tree representing 3 of the 4 seasons (flowers for spring, nothing for summer, leaves for autumn, and snow for winter).  The box has leaves to make it look more natural looking and a square hole on one side so you can see the roots underneath.  There were also a few other knick-knacks here and there.  One of our members created a nest with blue pins as eggs, half an egg carton as a nest, zebra-printed duct tape for a design on the nest, and other random natural things to put in the nest for the "eggs" to lay.  We also had a little squirrel hanging out inside the box with the roots.

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There are many other details as to how we created the "stone soup"; however, overall I feel that the main purpose of this project was to see how well a group of designers could work together and create something out of random objects.  I think we were successful in our endeavor: we all were involved in creating the project physically, but a good majority of us had an opportunity to have some form of input verbally as well.  We worked so well together and I can't wait to work with this group again.  We made a fantastic team and I know we'll have lots of new projects with our sweat, blood, and names all over them.