I was really excited to hear we were doing an unconventional material challenge because I love project runway! (they do a few unconventional challenges per season if you don't watch the show) I was a little less excited when I opened my bag.
While the people around me were getting cloth, cds, and other cool things I was stuck with paint cup lids. I had recently gone to NC state with my first period, and we took a workshop where we did brain storming exercises. I used one of those to come up with the idea for my project. I was writing down everything that came to mind and melting them ended up somewhere on the page. The rest of my ideas were all about creating something out of the caps like a chandelier, or a house, but destruction seemed a little bit more interesting. I tested it out and it worked really well. They burned fast, and when they were still hot you could reshape them. I also figured out that if you drew on them the color would stay on even when it was melted. I had some many ideas of what to do after I had come up with this technique, but I really didn't have the time for it. I spent most of the last weeks working on my figurative piece, so I ended up just putting all of my experiments together.
My mom hates it, but I think it looks really cool. I think my biggest challenge was not having enough time, and having so many options to chose from. I really could've made anything through reshaping the melted plastic, and I'm a little disappointed I didn't push myself further. I still really like it though, I even hung it in my room.