Stone's Soup

On Tuesday, October 5, my Design 1 group went outside, gathered materials to create a "Stone Soup" project minus the soup. I believe this activity was and effort for each member to be creative in a collabortive effort. We all had to work together to create something, whether it be aesthetically pleasing or not. Everyone was able to voice their opinion in what they wanted and at the same time no one took complete power. We were very well manner and we tried to bounce off ideas from one another.

The hard part was the usage of material. We had poster paper, magazines, wires, water bottle cut outs, stuffing, paint, a dictionary, but we were stumped in what to make. The group wanted a cohesive idea and an idea that would make sense. Christine was wearing a shirt with an octopus on it. We were amazed by it and decided to make an octopus. After that spark, the ball kept rolling. Everyone jumped in and decided to work on tentacles, luckily we had eight members so everyone designed their own.

Everything started off great, until the shape of the octopus was not prominent. It started to look like a ball. Then we stopped and decided to work with what we had. We blew up some rubber gloves and made our very own baby octopus. Then we added a top hat to top it off. We also tore out pages from the dictionary with the words "create" and "design". This would be an interpretation of what audiences think create and design means.

Yes, maybe our stone soup might not have been very successful but with everyone's effort we all came together and were proud of what we made. Everyone's personality, mind, creativity, and efforts showed in this stone soup project. Maybe the purpose of this activity wasn't to make the best stone soup, it might have been more about how a team works together with one goal in mind. I think we succeeded. Next time, we should really make soup.