Kit with no instructions

 The idea here was to purchase a kit of some sort, like a model, and get rid of the instructions to make an unintended product. I found a color-yourself puzzle kit in my art closet and made a small sculpture out of the pieces. Requirements fulfilled - art product, iffy!

...on a musical note

Music production   

 This project was to "make a working musical instrument. It doesn't have to look, sound or work like any existing musical instrument."  I took the easy way out on this one. We have done this as entertainment for the grandkids before, and it is kind of fun! It works best with crystal for more bell-like tone, but any glass will do. Just fill to ascending levels (I used colored water for a little pizzaz) and adjust the water levels until you have created a scale. Then you can practice tapping out tunes. Another fun thing is to run your dampened finger around the rim of the glass to produce a tone. Now, you have a whole evening of cheap entertainment!

Computer keyboard craft

 Today two grandsons are with us today, so we did some keyboard crafts. We popped the keys out and Stan drilled holes in them for us. Then we strung them together with leather cord, wooden beads and shells. Mine are earrings, which are hard to see, but I wore them to Best Buy and a couple of people noticed what they were. Don't know that any of us will wear them much - but we did complete our creative project for the day.

Aluminum foil dancer

 Today's project was to create something out of aluminum foil. Actually, this makes a pretty good sculpture medium - I was quite surprised! My grandkids have done this at school, but I'd never tried it. That's one thing I enjoy about this project....using strange materials in different ways.

A word

This prompt was to make something lying around into a word. My grandson gave me an old keyboard that I've been playing around with, so I removed the letters for "word." I thought it was appropriate to place it with a Microsoft disk for its photo -  a word at several levels, ha!

Destination poster

Travel   

A travel poster, passport or stamp from a real or make-believe country was the assignment for this project. I'm behind a couple of days, so I'm doing a little catch up on posting. Stan and I took a wonderful trip to Italy a couple of years ago. I had drawn the bottles and fruit as a water color demonstration for an art class I was teaching  last year, and it reminded me of Tuscany. So I used it for a start for this project. I added on the landscape and wording to turn it into a travel poster.

T Shirt art

 Today's task was to decorate a T-shirt and wear it all day. I did this with fabric paint and a spray of water. It's still wet, and I definitely am not a wet T-shirt kinda girl, so will wait until tomorrow to wear it.