Perpetual+Motion+Squad+(PMS)

Welcome to the **Perpetual Motion Squad (PMS)** page. Our group consists of Nik Carverhill, Marcus Lee, and Peter Acton. Our ice sculpture (sculpture I) is a smaller replica of the Coca-Cola polar bear. Enjoy!

= Description of Sculpture = The sculpture will be 35 cm wide, 35 cm long, and 60 cm tall

=Journal Entries=

Today was the first period that we had to work on this project. After many discussions on both relevant and irrelevant subjects we came to a unanimous decision to attempt to sculpt a sitting polar bear with a Coca Cola bottle. In terms of incorporating sound and light, we had a lenghty discussion on the merits of the song "Like a G6" in this project. Consider the lyrics - "popping bottles in the ice", we thought that it was profound. On a more serious note, we decided to constuct the bear with sludge since the snow was not suitable for building. Moreover, we would also place headphones around the bears neck with an iPod playing - or something. Lighting will be fairly simplistic, although we haven't decided exactly how we will incorporate that yet.The bear will have one solid body part with legs, arms, and a head with a snout and ears. We thought that it was fairly clever of us to pour water into a Coca Cola bottle, freeze it, and then cut off the plastic and place the label on the frozen water.
 * __Friday, December 3rd 2010__**

Most of our inspiration for this session - [] (Our //only// inspiration from this song was "popping bottles in the ice" - nothing else. Listener be advised, because this song is **absolutely terrible**)

Today was the first day of physical construction. We used a big bucket and filled it with water... in the boys showers. Also, we used a makeshift mixer (crappy piece of plastic) to mix snow powder with the water. This work session was very productive as we got the bottom half of the bear done. It was insanely cold out, as we were handling ice cold water with our hands, which seeped through our gloves. Regardless, the structure froze over nicely overnight, and we had made good progress.
 * __Wednesday, December 8th 2010__**

Today was pretty much our last day working on the sculpture. Making very good time, we managed to get the polar bear's head, ears, and snout on - and looking very cute at that. Basically all we have left to do now is get the frozen Coca Cola bottle along with headphones and an iPod to incorporate sound, and I think you all know which song will be playing. We are very satisfied with our final project, and we hope that you all enjoy it! We'd also just like to add that the other sculptures are looking fantastic and we look forward to examining all of them in more detail.
 * __Wednesday, December 15th 2010__**

=Drawings=

=Final Sculpture=

**Comments**

I think that the plastic label off the bottle on the bear is a really great idea. - Kyley I agree with kyley. Its a great idea. And nice choice of a song. :) - Megan Tollefson ...how will the label stay on the frozen water? And how will you cut it out without damaging the ice within? You should place the little bear by the penguin people's stuff so then it's like, the commercial and all. Oh, and Peter, when you told me you were making a polar bear I totally thought you were actually going to make a full scale polar bear. It seems like something you'd do, don't even deny it. :P -Kit Nice idea. Chad Corbett GOOD LUCK Conrad kramble I can't wait to see it.... It should have been a full sized polar bear-Ray Looks hard to make it,but it is a really good idea- Pedro Sounds hard to make, but really good idea - Kyrie I think it'll look really good when you finish- I saw what you built already, and it looked great--- Ilaria You guys would think that song is profound... :) The bear looks great so far! - Huyen Your sculpture looks really good, but your song is disappointing haha -Carolyn Sounds like a great idea ! - Jenna ahhhhhhhhh like a g6 is stuck in my head gawwwwwww conrad