Our Idea

Our idea is to create a 3D abstract peacock in which the tail and the box will be the musical elements by incorporating the concept of recycling as well as abstract art. It will be a functional sculpture with a piece of music, composed by Michail and I, coming out of it as well as a sound based melody from the peacock's tail. The sculpture is targeted towards children as it encourages recycling at the same time demonstrates to children how you can re use plastic and paper to create something beautiful and colourful. The peacock is going to be separated into two important parts of this special type of bird: the tail and the stand. The tail is going to symbolize a wind chime made using recycled materials that with wind will create unusual sounds. Whilst inside the stand there will be a speaker projecting the music created by the music students.

Materials:

Since our project is based around re using materials, many of the components to our peacock will be made from recycled materials

• Styrofoam ball
• Newspaper
• Tape
• Metal/ Plastic caps
• Soda cans
• plastic spoons
• beads
• bells
• keys
• invisible string
• rocks
• paint
• feathers
• soda cans
• flour and water for paper mache
• glue gun
• lid
• spray paint

Music

The music plays a different role twice in the peacock sculpture. It's first appearance is in the wind chime. All the materials such as plastic, metal, bells, beads etc. all create sounds when they collide against each other. Even though the sound created by these materials, may not be pleasant and chaotic to the ears, people still consider it music. For the chime to work there needs to be wind or a physical touch. The second appearance is in the cylinder building where the peacock will be placed on. Inside the building there will be a speaker playing a tune composed by the music students. It will consist of a background melody played by a piano or a guitar and during the piano is playing there will be a peacock and bird sounds. We may also include forest noises. This will be created using mixcraft.

Sketch 1

Sketch 2