Stone Soup

Stone Soup. The idea where something great/awesome/spectacular/wonderful was created by the collaboration of many people. First off, our group did a splendid job on making a intriguing piece. It was interesting to say the least on the subject of the piece. Our ideas did not come easy: we all contributed a little in order to create this piece. 

Our assignment: to each bring a few art supplies to donate to a bigger project. Nothing was planned ahead, no one knew who was going to bring what so it really was a 'think-on-your-toes' project. The project ha to be 3-Dimensional and be just more then decorative trash. We started with only a simple idea: a color spiral. From there, we all made anything that could be contributed to this idea. And we just taped it to anything that was upright. It was an on-the-go project while we worked as an assembly line: a few of us made the decorations and a few of us hung them up. 

Photos by Sarah Smith

Even with such a fast-paced group, we felt unfinished in the end. I think there is always that feeling of being unfinished when you work with art: it can always be improved. But for an hour's worth of time, I think it turned out great.

Working with others really makes you open up and throw out your ideas. One important message our mentor Derek said: 'For every idea, there are at least 5 other critics.' A very good thing to keep in mind, as other want to help you to improve, not to shoot you down. Stone Soup was successful this year and hopefully it would be around as long as DES 001 is around.