Tea Bag Exploration

Today, with the materials we had bought together on Saturday, we tried to explore different shapes and sizes using the tea bag idea.

Shopping for Materials

So we got together this weekend to discuss what our product is going to look like and how we are going to achieve it. The idea is still a ball, but we needed the right materials, biodegradable, natural materials that could be shaped spherically. We pretty much had a good idea in our heads.

Last night however, Lorenzo came up with a brand new idea that threw us off guard. A tea bag. A bomb. A tin can. A plastic water blister. He offered to come in on Saturday to our group meeting and show us some products he was thinking of that he though were relevant to our project:




We understand what Lorenzo was trying to get at, but why does it have to be so "industrial?" Fabric, metals, plastics, textiles. Why does it have to be so wasteful?

Why tried our best to take his advice into consideration when shopping for the right materials. In the end, we bought some tulle, sheet moss, and artificial yellow flowers.

Fence Art

Final Video!

Here is our final video for the second phase of our project.

The Urban Fence Farm

Our group has gone through another change in direction. We are now looking at fences in the urban environment. We are giving the behaviour of planting crops in the spring to turn the typical urban dweller into an urban farmer.

These are a few images showing how plants can interact and grow around a man made object such as a fence.



Roll n' Grow

This product is already on the market. It is a great way of easily growing lots of flowers without much effort, just water. We will be using it for the outer layer in our product, allowing us to grow many colourful flowers in a short period of time.




This is a diagram showing the layers that will make up our product.

From diagram - ball