Birds nest on the 2nd floor

Sam, if you need some inspiration, there's a birds nest in the window of the 2nd floor computer lab.

Drawings of Bird Nests that are Made

 This is one of the first nests I did.

This is the last nest I did.

Other drawing of my fifth nest.


My  drawing of Allie's nest

Notes in Class and Next Task

For displaying the nests use basic shelving (you don't want the display to take away from the nests)
create language
take photos of the environment  (think about the places where you find nests)

February Proposal

At this time the project is about form, structure and the creation of bird nests in relation to human design of nests.

Birds have a natural instinct inside them to build a certain nest. There is one singular purpose of these nests, which is to attract a mate and to lay their eggs. This form serves no other purpose. Birds obtain the materials that are around them to construct the form.

Humans have no purpose in building a nest. We are not born with the instinct to build a nest. Our nests contain no physical purpose other than to demonstrate trial and error. The form is dictated by the way we think as humans.

The end result of this project is to have people think about the instinctual process versus the design process.

Documintation of Some Nests

This is a picture of my fifth nest from last semester.

This is a picture of Allie's Nest from last semester.

I plan on  taking more photos for documintation and  to use in my show in some way.  I have croped them and brighten them up a bit in photoshop. Keeping them horizontal works better than vertical shots.

A nest built by a non designer

Constructed by Chris. Found that he struggled to built it without rules. He got a basic structure and put moss in the middle for some time of cushion but did not connect them together. Said that he could have used some straw but since I didn't put any of that material in it he didn't use it. He did not think about adding materials to his nest.

Documintation of Nest