Greetings again! Last week I completed my 5th Hug. Alas, classwork caught up with me and I am now updating my Hug report a week later. This most recent Hug was installed on Wofford College's campus, on the corner of the DuPré residence hall and Evins Street. I picked this tree for its large knot that I saw as an eye as well as its proximity to the Art Studio so my fellow classmates could visit my work.
Out of all my Hugs, I found this one to provide new challenges that I found more difficult to overcome. This location was more public than the previous ones, and for this reason I was intimidated that a Campus Safety officer or another individual would approach me and tell me what I was doing was not permitted. This however, did not happen. Yay! Guess I am too paranoid.
What further was challenging in this space was the lack of strong features on the tree and its daunting height. Unlike my other trees, this one spoke the least to me about what its personality was. As a result I made up my own interpretation with little feedback from the tree's personality. The final product that I came up with is a surprised, exclamatory individual of a tree. Here are the characteristics that made this possible:
- Eyes: white icing, green leaves, mulch
- Eyebrows: peanut butter and rotini pasta
- Nose: peanut butter and candy corn
- Mustache: peanut butter and rotini pasta
- Mouth: crunchy peanut butter and pink icing
- Tattoo: peanut butter over engraved Greek letters
Overall I am pleased with the way the tree turned out in light of the time-constraint I had (Studio time) and the height of the tree that prevented me from adding features above the eyebrows. I had a lot of passerbys who stopped, inquired about my project with curiosity and interest and left with a smile on their face. I even had a student take a picture of me with my Hug! So, what I accomplished with this Hug over others thus far is the ability to reach out to a wider group of people. The key is putting it in a more public area!
-Krista
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