Delayed Response

This is about two weeks overdue, but I wanted to post some pictures and give a little explanation on my first project for Materials (the elephant that sits it's lazy ass in the room constantly as I try to work on projects for other classes). We basically had to find a natural object, and construct a base for it that would create a "material relationship".

Sooo I found a piece of tree bark with some SUPER MEGA AWESOME (not really) fungus on it, and decided to design my base around that. My idea was to create imagery symbolic of industry, and the way lumber is processed, to create a contrast with the natural bark. I found an old dead branch outside studio, and "processed it":

Not the greatest thing I've ever cracked out, but I'm still pretty confident in my idea.

Current Materials project: Create three 7" x 7" x 15" blocks, each of a different material. Invent your own shit-crazy joint system, and connect them vertically (connecting the 7" x 7" sides) or horizontally (connecting the 7" x 15" sides). "Push the limits of the material you use." Due Thursday, the 14th (week from today).

B-T-dubs, the blocks are this big:

I has a overwhelming, unspeakable sad.