Found Object 2/3/13

On the way to the library at school I picked up a branch that had fallen off of a tree with little flowers on it. When I got home I laid it down on top of some of my stuff in the kitchen - leaving it there until I could decide what to do with it. I was expecting that if my Mom found it she would just put it back outside or throw it away, but what's interesting is that I came home this morning and found it in a plastic bag on the counter...I found this interesting because by bringing it into my house I had given it some kind of purpose that even people who had no idea what I was doing with it still knew I had brought it in for a reason.

I first decided that since I began with picking my item up outside, I wanted to return it back outside. Of course, it would be in a different environment than it had been in the beginning. Also, I decided I wanted to give it new "life" (as it was just a branch that had broken off and was laying on the ground). 

I wanted to return it to nature, but give it new "life" (as in, show that it had come in contact with humans). I decided to use white string to tie onto the different pieces of flowers from the branch and then string them onto the branches of a tree in my backyard. There were some pieces and the original branch that I left unstrung and laid on the ground around the tree. I also created a spiral pattern around the tree by walking through the snow, leaving my footprints.