Patricia

Today our main objective for the day was to assemble Patricia the octopus, and that is exactly what we accomplished. The day prior, we had finished glittering and top coating so all we had to do was attache everything together. We were unsure in how we were going to adhere the body and tentacles, but we decided to use a combination of clear silicone and spray foam. There were a few challenges along the way, for example we couldn’t get the tentacles to keep form, but we embedded wire through the noodles and shaped it using that. We also struggled with the spray foam because in order for tentacles to stick well, we had to let it dry completely before letting go, but that problem was easily solved with some duct tape. On a more positive note, our googly eyes finally came in the mail and they look absolutely perfect on the body. We were also able to glue the suction cups on the tentacle and they really added dimension to the final project. Now that Patricia is on the car, all that's left to do is surrounding her with seaweed and algae and then I think we are done. --Rene (We have named her Patricia after our beloved, enthusiastic campus security guard!)