Art 108 Transformation

1: Words that describe the object formally. Hard, gritty texture, sharp, tan, white, brown, small, 6-inches tall, heavy for its size, out of the ordinary, tasteless, odorless, sturdy, abrasive, fragile.

2: Words that describe its original function. Portable, held water, used for gardening, used to stop water, used for its weight, can be found through out the world, light by itself, required to stay alive, small, hardy, camouflaged, useful.

The context does not change its function however depending on its location it creates irony. The object that I constructed is a canteen covered entirely with sand. The reason for this is because typically a canteen is used to hold water but in this case it is holding sand and has even become sand. Although dirt does hold water sand does not so by having a canteen made of sand the piece is saying that even though it was designed to hold water, and still can hold water, it shouldn't hold water. Also because there is sand in the desert which is a place you would need a canteen the last thing you would want is a canteen that would blend into the desert if you ever lost it. Finally, because it is heavy and abrasive it would be problematic to carry around.