colossal curry!

weapon of choice

anise seeds

bulking out the seeds

pods bulked out with foil too

using this technique saves sculpey and makes it so much easier to form shapes. It also bakes into good solid things.

star anise

this was the second go around.

clove form

unbaked clove

nutmeg

mace

for outside the nutmeg

nutmeg

scored/textured, maced, ready for baking

cardamom pod

cardamom pod II

back side, showing the lumps

ready to paint

black pepper

1st gen iPod

I wound up not painting this. I don't know why exactly.

firewire, earphone jack, hold switch

finished, painted sculpey objects

clockwise from left: cumin, iPod, star anise, nutmeg, cardamom, clove, coriander, black peppercorn

All ten objects

includes tramp bouquet from Dax, and hand-printed shirt from P00n

10 Awesome Object

Ready to hide... but in what??

enter old jeans

I cut up an old pair of my jeans to make containers for the objects.

some progress

I made a variety of bag types...

all ten bags

some sewn shut (like the star anise); some drawstring, some just left sorta open (the pockets), one held with a chopstick.

site one: loring park

This is right near Checkpoint Four from Journey to the End of the Night Minnesota

It's a pine tree

between the street and the checkpoint bench...

bag hanging

hidden in the tree

tasking uniform?

At this point I realized I was wearing the same outfit I'd worn on the last task. Well, a different blue shirt I think, but still a blue cotton shirt.

second tree

in the vicinity of 1st & 24th

2nd tree

it's between these two buildings.

third tree

It's a smaller tree. This was the pocket with the tramp bouquet.

tree three location

In the alley back behind 25th & Nicolett. The pocket/pouch is visible in the middle left of this photo, hanging on that very small tree.

tree four

I aimed most of the time to hide in plain sight, taking advantage of the fact people don't really look UP to see things. This spot on the tree is about 10-12 feet off the ground.

tree four

This is at the corner of 26th and Dupont.

tree five

I hung this on a tree outside this house just north of Dupont and 27th.

27th & Garfield

Tree six

just outside a house near 27th & Garfield I saw a tree that would be very good at hiding things. This also marks when I had to switch cameras to the iPhone, with a commensurate drop in quality.

tree six

I went up on the porch to "look more casual." So I took a picture of the tree from the porch.

star anise

I put the star anise pouch in tree six, slid it up to balance across two branches. The star anise was the only pouch I sewed the object into. I hope this doesn't deter people too much from finding out what's inside.

trees seven and eight

along this path near 31st ave south and 46th st.

tree seven

At first I put the pocket (with the iPod) up on this tree. It was too exposed...

...so I hid it

down in this hollow in tree seven.

tree seven hollow

tree eight

The pocket containing the shirt from P00n is in this tree. Hanging by a belt loop from a little trimmed branch.

tree eight

Again, the "hiding in plain sight" maneuver, where most people probably won't be noticing a jeans pocket hanging from a tree. Those who do will be rewarded with a free hand-decorated shirt! It's a very pretty path, too.

tree nine

corner of cretin and ... I guess summit? over by...

...the university of St. Thomas!

tree nine is the one directly to the right of that sign.

tree nine

up in the branches is the pouch. I think that's the one with cumin.

Tree Ten

Of course this is my personal tasking tree, from Burn Unit, Saul Z, et al's "Door Installation."

pretty high up there...

Tree Ten

The last object ( I think it's the peppercorn) in the tasking tree.