2007-06-02
Idea: Use steam from a kettle to heat a candle in a glass holder that will dump into a bucket of water.
Combine with the "Find Jesus" task Unfortunately, Jesus can't be found by Aesthematics.

Tasks:
Acquire a new tea kettle. (The last was lost after being left on too long. And by "lost" I mean "burned to a crisp.") Ensure that Kettle has a "whistling" feature (see previous explanation)
Acquire a Jesus candle. Since finding jesus is unnecessary, acquire a plain candle. I have these already. *makes checking motion*
Acquire a sword. Done. Also have these lying around the house... *check*
Devise method to start kettle using a sword of damocles...wrap burner control with something attached to the sword?
Acquire a bucket. Done. Homers' in the house. *checky-check*

Ok. On further reflection, there is just NO way that I can see starting the burner on my oven using a sword. I will have to regroup.
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Update 2007-07-04
NEW idea:
Use the switch from a lamp, an outlet plugged into the lamp, and the heat from a grill manufactured by a professional boxer.
Sword can easily trip switch, making for happy Ariocks.

See the photos/videos for how it went, and for the final sculpture.

I am inclined to call it Albino Scorpion Nesting in Skull. I can easily make a prediction that the Scorpion represents my mother (Scorpio) and that the skull represents my impending birthday. Obviously, my mother will visit on the day of my birthday just over a week from now. Since this has already been planned for a couple of weeks, I feel confident that it will come true.

(Edited to rename the title of the piece. It obviously wasn't a Scorpion Nesting in a Skull. What was I thinking?? It was an ALBINO Scorpion blahblah)