Dumpster-Diving is a Useful Skill...

Well, I have been hard at work all week building the frame for my piece and collecting my materials.  These tasks have encompassed everything from shoveling dirt to a late night trip to th U of M in Minneapolis for my first experience in dumpster-diving, which yielded a lot of great free sculpture-making materials.   Apparently we college kids like to throw out a lot of useful stuff at the end of the semester!  On another note, I think I have solved my camera issues so i've posted a few pictures of some smaller things I've been working on.  More on the big stuff later...