On My Plate

Day 62
Challenge:  Make something with your dinner before you eat it.

I'm changing it to  " . . . something on my plate after dinner!"   
So . . .  this might be in poor taste  . . . even though our supper tasted good!

Left Overs Snail

Yep, it seems a little tacky.
And now it makes more sense to me when I recall my mom saying to me at the supper table,


"Debbie, stop playing with your food." 

Mom. You were right. 

Puzzled

  Day 69   Challenge:  Make a puzzle or make something using pieces from a puzzle.

Some-of-the-Pieces Snail

The Rest-of-the-Pieces Snail

All of the Pieces

This is not a snail. 

I don't think so, anyway.

On the other hand  . . . you never know where you might discover one!!! 

Note to my neighbor: Thank you for the light up snail you left on the patio! 
It is so much FuN!

 @@@@@

 
I have long appreciated the work of artist, Peter Max!  I saw his presentation in NYC this past March and years ago as a beginning art education student in the 70's!

Earlier in his life he planned to be an astronomer. This interest influenced his art.

Enjoy more of his art at his Website!           http://www.petermax.com/

The Numbers

Day 70
Challenge: Work only with numbers today.


A snail's shell is ALL about numbers.
This is incredible, if not amazing!
AND hard to keep inside my head.
BUT worth a try.

IF you are mostly a visual learner, I suggest doing a quick Websearch for the topic:

                                                golden spiral snail images



                 The Fibonacci Sequence              [1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,84 . . . ]

The numeric steps that lead to the golden ratio are known as the Fibonacci Sequence. The Fibonacci Sequence can be demonstrated by building a plane formation of squares. Start with one square, then add additional squares next to and equal in size to the widest side of the existing rectangle (or initial square). As more and more squares are added, the squares get larger and larger and the ratio between the short and the wide side of the resulting rectangle gets closer and closer to the Golden Ratio of 1.61803399…, but never exceeds it. The ratio is an irrational number, it is never exhausted. The sizes of the squares that you add represent the Fibonacci Sequence. The number in the Fibonacci Sequence is always the total of the previous two numbers, thus the sequence is 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc. The eventual ratio of the square size to its immediate predecessor represents the Golden Ratio.
What is one of the most amazing revelations is that you see the Fibonacci numbers everywhere in nature. These numbers are Nature's way of counting. Consider the numbering of the growing and living things in nature: 5 teeth in children (each side), 8 teeth of adults, 5 fingers, 5 toes, petals in flowers, seeds on flower heads, and spirals in sunflowers, [and spirals in snails !!!] more often than not match Fibonacci numbers.

 Taken from http://www.informatik.com/mathfun/ on 4/27/12

Gift of a Snail

 This little mystery snail was

visiting our backyard!

What FuN! 

[From where do you come?]

It's a PaRtY snail! 
Give it a shake and  . . . 

Sci Fi

Day 67 

Challenge: Write a ten-word science fiction story.

Bonus: Illustrate it!

Snail entered the helical transporter with certainty. 

Another dimension. 

Home.

A Puzzle for You

 Study this collection.

 What's missing?

Yep!










Extra Credit:
Was this disc part of the collection photographed above?

Nope.

Working Upside Down Version 2

Day 52 Another Way

Snail Oops

I'm trying to keep this blog as honest as I can.

So here's a real blooper!

I wanted to try sand casting as a second "working upside down" challenge.

In working 3-D and upside down I lost all awareness of depth and proportion! YIKES.

I documented some of the steps with photos [see below] and I like the process enough to try it again sometime . . . maybe with wax?

1. Container of damp sand and a mixture of Plaster of Paris and water. 
['Forgot to photograph the empty molded sand which was the next step.]

2. Plaster in carved out recesses of sand (the mold).

3. 1 hour later: Digging out firm plaster object.

 4. After "snail" has been removed from the sand mold.

Mask

Day 63

Snail Mask

 Detail

Local Business

Day 74

Not A Snail
 [Runnings Supply Inc. @ Hutchinson Mall]


Challenge: Make a snail at a local business!

Q: Will baby birds work together 
to create a snail formation 
if you ask them?

A: A few will give it their best, 
some could care less, 
and two or three will fall asleep 
on the job!

Snail Joke

Q:  What did the snail say riding on the back of a tortoise?




























A:  Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!    :)
Thanks, cousin!

Something About Me

 Day 64

Finger Print Snail


Today's challenge:
"Incorporate yourself into whatever you make."

 Q: Arch? Loop? or Whorl?

A: Arch!

  

Snails from Norway

9 Snegler

[and sand]

Yes, this blog is bilingual and international in scope!

Note: I like the B & W effect.

Thanks CF!

Tangram

 Day 65

Geo Snail

Challenge: Work with only the classic tangram shapes.

Tangram

Chinese puzzle of these

seven flat geometric shapes

that make up a 

square,

and can be rearranged to make 

a variety of

images.

Try it!

http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/tangrams/

@

From the Bathroom

Day 61
Bath Snail 
[two perspectives]

Challenge: Use only things you find around the bathroom. 
Extra Credit: Make it in the bathroom!

 

 Media: Moisturizer and Lip Color

Casting a Shadow

 Day 60

Shadow Snails

Life Size

Day 58

Ballet Snail 

Mix and Match

 

Day 59

Egg Salad Snail

[Yes, on a rock.] 

 

 Detail.

I thought it would be easy to "Work with two materials that generally don't go together."

But I struggled. Steve came up with this one. Thanks, Hon!

Disposable Plastic Bag

Day 57

Snail's Balloon

Puzzled

Here's a link to a

snail jigsaw you can   

slowly piece 

together. 

 Or quickly!

http://www.jigzone.com/mpc/view.php?B041XPZ.052

Thanks, CF!

@

Snail Sightings

Contributed by
CF, with an eye for the amazing in all things.Thank YOU!

Something Heavy Appears Light

 Day 56

Flying Snail

[rock and soda cracker wrappers]

It really IS heavy!

Advertising Jingle

 Sing to the tune of 

"I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke"

I'd like to teach the world to live
A slower pace, like me
Each have a house that fits one's needs

And keeps one "company"
That's the real thing.

What the world wants today
Less is More (I must say)
Is the real thing.

@

Smell is Essential

Day 53

Snail's World

A snail has poor vision and hearing

thus making a snail's smell essential.

Today's challenge asked me to do the same.

Q: Do all other of the scents in a snail's world rise above the 

rich constant smell of the earth?

With Light, Another Way

Stained Glass Snail

 Marker on waxed paper, framed, and back lit.

PS: I've rediscovered my spiral paper punch!

On Course

I have arrived at Shadowbrooke Golf Course!  7.0 miles    For a total of 17.7 so far.

The Tiny Details of This Leg of the Journey:

 .16 carried over!!!

3/13  walk with Mary  3912 steps  1.70 mile  

3/14  walk/run to Colleen's    1.21  

              and back    1.23 mile

3/15   treadmill    .63 mile  

3/29   treadmill    .65 mile   = 5.56 to this point in this leg.    

4/1  walking/running with Cooper   .5 mile

4/7   treadmill  w/r    .68    total is now  6.74!!! 

4/8   run around Linden Park 1.11 miles    total 7.85 (.85 toward next leg of journey)

Next goal:  St. Boni Bistro  14.0 miles east!

PS: My brother's virtual winter bike ride/training took him from Forest Lake, MN to the East Coast! He celebrated with seafood! Kudos, Bro! Enjoy your season under the sun.

Work Upside Down

Day 52

Backwards Upside Down Snail

Voila!

 [detail of the crayon transfer]

Using Only Dots

 Day 54

Dots A Snail!

[detail]

From Ugly to Cuddly

Day 51

Dirty Socks Snail

[with Dryer Lint Snail]

Working White On White

 Day 50

Snail White

Two side views . . . 

 

 . . .  and one crayon rubbing.