Ice Eggs

This is a project we did back in 2009. however, the post has since lost it's images so I'm reposting what I've got. I was looking to do some sort of biodegradable art project and came up with the idea of filling water balloons with colored water. we used food coloring. Next we hit the beach.

We were spending the week on Emerald Island in NC. The ocean was nice and left us seaweed to play with. The seaweed made really nice nests. We set up nests up and down the beach and laid :) the eggs in the nests.

A lot of people didn't even pay attention to the nests. They just walked on by. 

But the seagulls thought they were interesting.

The Ice Eggs

let's see what unfolds....



I wanted to create a type of street art that would be biodegradable. Since I had a bunch of water balloons laying around the house, i thought it might be interesting to fill them with colored water and then place them in the freezer in hope that when frozen they would resemble eggs. I could have been more pleased with the results.



First, we gathered some pine straw.



Next, my art assistant arranged the pine straw to look like a nest.



Pine straw is an easy medium in which to sculpt nests.



The eggs were brought to the location in a cooler so they would remain fresh until we were ready to display them.



Which we did.



And the results were fantastic!



Then we sat on a bench and watch all the people stop and check out the nest.

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Next steps:

I want to create a larger version of this project... more eggs, more nests. My freezer is full of water balloons as I type. I also plan to do a beach version with sand nests... check back next week...

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