Robin and Mike:

This is what you wrote with my comments/questions following:

Objective: Our final plan for the project is to install various small-scale sculptures in an urban as well as a suburban landscape. Robin will work mostly with natural materials (leaves, twigs, stones) and Mike will incorporate site-specific materials such as fences, signs and trees. The common material will be white sewing thread. We will use various techniques such as stitching, wrapping, weaving and knotting to create the work. We hope to create a connection to the environment and encourage people to notice their surroundings more.

Robin: Robin’s pieces will focus more on the care and craft that goes into making the pieces. They will be objects that can be worked on in the privacy of the home. It will be a part of her everyday life to spend time working on the pieces. Then at the end of the project, the pieces will be scattered back into the environment (Philadelphia), photographed, and then left alone for any outcome (be randomly discovered by pedestrians, not seen at all, blown away, etc.) We will NOT check up on these pieces, the unknown outcome is a large part of the meaning to this project

Mike: Mike’s portion of the project will be partially based in the suburban landscape. He will focus more on site-specific projects, such as weaving around fences and signs, or branches on tress. The site will be at a park in Worcester, Pennsylvania (Mike’s hometown). He will also be creating pieces for an urban landscape, but we were interested to see how the different locations will be perceived, and how the working process will be different.

How will the thread physically connect the pieces/sculptures? And what manner will you choose to physically connect the pieces/sculptures to the public sites you choose?

I am concerned that Robin's very small ephemeral sculptures will be completely lost in the city...any thoughts on what you will do to address this? Do you care if the pieces are never seen or noticed?

Do you two consider this project more of a process piece wherein as you work many of your questions about it will be answered as you adjust your process? Or is this piece more a performance, at least Mike's part of it? Or is it strictly conceptual in other words, the "outcome" is less important than the idea?

Could you encapsulate what the idea is in two sentences? This is a test I often apply to my own ideas for projects to see if they make sense.

How will you clearly demonstrate a project outcome? Or is this of importance to the piece conceptually?

-Mara