I have my entire sculpture to start and complete. I have more than enough materials but not enough motivation. My problems are the same as before: I don't know how to attach the materials to the hangers and I don't know how to make the octopus 'pretty'. I realized that making several small sculptures would allow rooms for mistakes and experimenting, rather than one big sculpture. I wish I had chosen painting instead, though. It is similar to drawing which I am used to, and like sculpting, is a medium I've never tried before.

This is no excuse, of course, but I find myself rather busy withe the play rehearsals and shows coming to a close. Once it is done, I will have much more free time and actually make some progress on this sculpture. I have plenty of materials and hangers.

My parents have begun to get annoyed at the rising pile of non-recyclables in the kitchen and have pressured me to begin planning out my design. I have the metal hangers, but I'm still unsure about a few things. For instance, the size of the sculpture, but even more pressing is how I am going to attach my materials to the frame. In the beginning, I thought I could spear the objects with the hangers, but that isn't possible for most of them. For quite a few of them I'd be able to slip a hanger under their wrapper, but that's rather unreliable. Duct tape is always an option, but would look unbearably tacky, and I still want this to at least slightly resemble art (any suggestions are welcome). The head is a whole other story. I'm using milk gallons, and I don't know if I should simply strap about 4 together, or try and cut them open to mold them a more circular shape and risk wasting materials. I'm still not sure how to make them stay after a mold them. I have to keep in mind that many of these materials are clear, and almost any adhesive would be visible. It might be difficult making a frame this weekend without all the details sorted out, but the good thing about coat hangers is that they're flexible, and if my plans change, they can also change. I can, at the very least, get an idea of its size.

I now have 5 milk/ water gallon jugs
6 cans
3 mcdonalds cups
12 vitamin water bottles
3 smart water bottles
1 small glass bottle
1 lemonade jug
and about a dozon different caps and lids
I have about enough for a head and maybe 2.6 tentacles?
I'm sorry this is late, I have no excuse.

So this week I figured out that it would be much easier and more convenient to use the trash found in my own house rather than searching around for others'. I've started washing and collecting bottles and jugs that can't be recycled.I want to use food cans as well. If I ever need more materials I'll add things such as food boxes. I have thought about painting the individual pieces but I'm hesitant because it will likely be expensive. I plan to use several milk and water gallons for the head and cans and bottles for arms/ tentacles. (Caps for details, like eyes? Or those suction things?) I really wish I had though of this sooner and I could have had a lot more materials a lot sooner. I'm not directly cleaning the environment but I am recycling. In a way. For now, I'm planning on only making one sculpture total. If I get more materials I may work on more, smaller ones. I have not ordered coat hangers for structure yet.

If all goes well I may be able to finally start collecting trash today. I have been waiting for spare time as well as weather conditions. If I can download the app, I may get pictures.

School schedule as well as theater make it difficult to find time to start. Hopefully I'll have a whole weekend soon to drive around and collect supplies.