Date: Sep 11, 2024

Medium (material): two different kinds of tooth picks, hot glue, and bottles caps

Statement:

The goal for the egg drop project was to build a practical sculpture that would hold an egg while we dropped it from an elevated height. For my design, I made a car with a parachute holding it. I couldn’t find Michaels’s toothpicks, so I used wooden Creatology Pics to create my sculpture instead. Then, I used hot glue to make the car’s chassis, body, and parachute. I started by making my holder for the egg first; originally, I wasn’t planning to make that part into a parachute. I made the holder into a parachute anyway because my car was too small.

As soon as I was done making the chassis, I wasn’t sure which way I wanted the hood or the trunk of the car to go. It was challenging to decide which way I wanted the front to go because the gaps I made for the wheels to go were too close apart. To add insult to injury, I made the chassis too small, so I knew I needed to make my body smaller, too. I made my car into a Volkswagen Beetle because I made my chassis small.