Them+Rabbits

//**Ice Bunnies **// **Hongjian Huang & Bengin Lee﻿﻿ **



Concept Idea


 * The beginning of the frosty season is here, and so starts our WMCI ice sculpting competition. On the first week we brainstormed ideas and it was decided that we didn’t want to make any cliché design. With that thought, why not make a sculpture of the zodiac animal of the year? Another year is approaching fast as winter blankets the world, and 2011 is the year of the rabbit. **

Materials


 * *Hammer **
 *  *Chisel **
 *  *Open milk cartons **
 *  *Buckets **
 *  *Plastic trays **
 *  *..and a lot of perseverance **



The Fruits of Labor









Journal Entry #1 (Week of Nov. 29)


 * First we need to make a scale diagram of our sculpture to have a plan to follow, and gather some supplies for the construction stage. This will involve freezing water in containers into ice and then using chisels/knives to carve out our rabbit(s). At this stage we’re not sure how many rabbits we should have in our design, open for suggestions! **
 * One thing we're not quite looking forward to is working out in the harsh weather - we expect much frostbitten hands **
 * and equally freezing feet.. Maybe the carving could get done in a warmer environment if it's done quickly? **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Journal Entry #2 (Week of Dec. 6)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The planning stage of our rabbit-design has just ended and the actual sculpting of the project begins. Initially we were skeptical of how to carve the ice. We suspected the ice may be too hard to carve effectively and with detail. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">We have resorted to just focusing on the rabbits because of time constraints. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">On another note, we heard some sculptures from other groups got sabotaged since the courtyard is apparently kept open now for the convenience of the two physics classes working on this project. **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Journal Entry #3 (Final Week of Dec. 13)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Wewt, the final week already. Our project is rolling along but overall it isn't looking too well.. carving solid ice turned out to be very difficult. We're also hoping to include some photos and diagrams to help readers visualize our idea. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">UPDATE: Our project is complete, carving took a whole lot of expertise..it's not easy when your sculpture breaks every few hits from the chisel. As we mentioned in week two we had a slight departure from original plans for time and simplicity's sake. Instead of the entire zodiac or multiple rabbits, we just chose to make one larger rabbit with a base to support it instead. **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">THANKS for reading **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">!! **