Journals

__ Journals: __

__ Journal 1 (Dec. 9/2010) __
=== Today was our first day of discussion for our ice sculture project. Our group decided on building a christmas tree for many sensible reasons. These reasons included it's relatively simple architectual structure and our idea that it would be a simple sculpture to build. Other ideas for our projects included a giant christmas ornament, santa hat, and an igloo. These were rejected because of either their difficulty or simplicity in building. === === We plan on building our christmas tree by taking a large pylon and filling it with water. After the main part of the tree has froze we plan on creating a base by freezing some water in a small plastic cup. Then we will incorporate our lights and colour the tree the appropriate colours with food colouring. ===

__ Journal 2 (Dec. 11/2010) __
=== We began building today and discovered that we were going to need a change in the plan of our sculpture. Our group found that we were going to have difficulty building a Christmas tree as the water would not remain inside the pylon long enough for it to freeze. This resulted in a change of plans and we decided to now build a present. === === Our new idea will be that of two presents one red and one blue with ribbon painted on. Hopefully this idea will be more simplistic and much easier for our group to construct. These setbacks mean we will have to restart our drawings and rebuild our constructions process. Hopefully things take a turn for the better soon. ===

=== Our ice sculpture is near completion and we have run into even more problems. We learned a very valuable lesson today and that is to not freeze water when it has food colouring in it. When you do this the food colouring just moves into a small unfrozen bubble in the middle and looks quiet odd. I hope this is a helpful lesson to all our fellow sculpture builders. Although we have encountered this problem we determined we will be able to conceal it in the final presentation so it is not a pressing issue. ===

=== Our sculpture is nearing completion and we are just about to begin colouring our sculpture. Hopefully this goes better than the rest of our sculpting experience. Overall, this project has been a tough one as we encountered many obstacles but we hope we can overcome them to create a great final product. ===