DECAYING DINER

At the beginning of my work of art, I tied a bit of research I had done before displaying my work outside. The concept of the research consists of expired vitamins like magnesium, vitamin c, fish oil, etc. Which became an essential source of nutrition to a nursery of plants of lettuce. Once the plants grew to a certain point I joined the results of my experiment with the bigger picture of my work.

Research:

Mon. MARCH 8 Planted all the plants and watered	Tues. Watered	Wed.   Watered  No more light at Night	Thur. Not Watered	Fri.  Magnesium 2 grew overnight Watered	Sat.      Fish Oil 1 grew overnight Watered	Sun. Sunlight @ Window Not Watered
H20  1 grew overnight Watered	Watered All Lettuce has started to grow.	Moved lamp to the left side of the plants Watered	Watered	Watered	Not Watered	Watered  Starting to tilt due to size, so added more soil around the stem
Watered	Watered  All 4 have been Planted outside and displayed with work	Not Watered	Watered by rain	MARCH 26 Last day of documentation

**Vitamins: Magnesium, Fish Oil,  H20 = Grew

*Vitamins:  C, Protein Powder, Multi- Vit, D3 = Did Not Grow

 

Every Saturday I documented the growth:

WEEK 2 -3:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decaying Diner is a work of art that is centered around the earth and the meaningful impact of life and death and its cycle. I handcrafted a bowl and some fragile utensils out of branches, as well as collected some mushrooms, green grass, and acorn in order to symbolize a meal. While the plants that I grew from expired vitamins are placed above the bowl as a representation of vitamins and supplements that many people take with a meal. Finally, the table is the earth itself. As time passed by I left this set up outside allowing nature to add or take away from this display just as life and death tend to do with one another.

 

EXTRA NOTES/SKETCHES DURING MY RESEARCH:

Types of Plants That grow in 24 Days:

• Radish – (25 days)
• Salad Leaves (Lettuce)  (21 days) as well as Kale and Arugula
• Spinach (30 days)

Types of Expired Vitamins: What do They Help With:

Calcium = results in a healthier root system

D3 = Enhances and speeds up the root formation

Multi-Vitamins = Compose of calcium and it eliminates stunted growth in plants and helps in forming new leaves and tissues within the stem

Protein Powder= (Vegan) is essential to produce nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium 

Magnesium=  (a metallic element) vital for people and plants, necessary for plants to capture chlorophyll energy needed for photosynthesis

Fish Oil = helps to keep soil healthy and keeps pests away.

Types of Light Sources:

-No specific bulb lamp is necessary as long as it is directly over the plants. 

– Turn off the light  at night (Mimic that sun) 

– Make sure to keep the light moving each week

Beginning Process:

-Mix the vitamins with water in either 16 or more oz bottles with one tablet or 2 if the tablet is less than 200mg.

-Water daily unless the soil is moist

– Makes sure the plants are under a light bulb and a warm temperature area