In this project, I hope to use the keyboard and wires to resemble a garden.
First, I will pop out all of the keys and clean the board (it is really dusty!). I may dismantle the board further, but I am not certain whether or not I will need to yet. Then, I will make the keys into flowers, using wires and wire mesh to cover the petals. Here is an example petal I made in class:
I will then attach the stems of the flowers to the place where the original key was on the QWERTY keyboard.
This project has a lot to do with the juxtaposition of technology and nature, which I've noticed from other proposals is a bit of an overarching theme. My project specifically has to do with the interpretation of nature by humans, and how, while we can try to replicate it, we'll never get quite to the initial flower garden, and will just end up with an imitation that never looks quite right.