Progressing

Today, Wednesday October 5th, much progression was made on the Art Installation to be formed next to the high school. The same groups used last class were used again today, and also worked on the same part of the project as they did last class. However, about halfway through the class period, groups went to different stations (i.e. the people sawing went to cutting weeds, etc.). This allowed all of the students to try out the different jobs in creating the installation, which they will need to learn throughout the creative process.

While the work was harder than expected, a lot of progress was made concerning furthering the creation of the installation. People who cut the weeds, such as myself, made a significant dent into the area of weeds close to the road, each day getting closer to what needs to be cut to. Students using the saws made very noticeable progress on cutting- mainly with the largest piece of wood; the same piece that took the whole class to bring to the art installation spot on one of our first days outside. This piece of wood was cut into smaller pieces at the same time as wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow of rocks were being brought to the site. Rock finders were able to do a great job at not only finding the rocks needed for the site, but also at transporting them from wooded trails to the site where they were needed. Wood and branch finders in the same areas as the rock gatherers found great items for the installation, as I saw every person in their group bring many branches, carrying them as a team effort. Lastly, I became a digger for the last portion of the class. I helped dig the general outline of where the installation shall take place, and it was tougher than it looked. However, at the end of the day, there was a lot more area dug up than there was before, and the pile of dug up grass seemed to double. This installation has proved to be a group effort, and we have proved to be up for the task.