Way back in January I read about the disintegration project being held by Seth on his blog the altered page
So of course I joined in, and after thinking about it for a while I created five bundles
One for each of the elements, 
and one for Spirit.
This one, to represent water I put into the lake.
You can read about it here
This one for earth I buried in the garden
You can read about it here
This one for air I hung in the pear tree.
You can read about it here
This one for fire I buried in the fire pit.
read about it here
And one for Spirit
You can read about it here
Now on a bright sunny Glenorchy day, with rather a white frosty start to the morning Time has come for exploring what has happened to my various bundles.
This is what is left of my lovely bundle for air, that I hung in the pear tree.
A lot of the papers and feathers blew away and I had re tie it a couple of times, but it is intact dry and has lots of yummy changes…more on that later.
Fire bundle. It has been sitting in wet ashes most of the summer, but last month we did have a fire in our fire pit and the boys cooked potatoes and sausages. It was a small fire. I don’t think the bundle even got warm.
The back of the bundle is a more vibrant red, but the whole thing is welded together in a sodden mess. At the moment it is sitting on the deck waiting to dry out so that I can peel the papers apart to see what the inside is like
The Earth bundle was mostly buried.
When I pulled it up there were a heap of lovely slugs and slaters. A bit of mould on the beads. Again it is sodden and the paper is all stuck together
so It has joined the others on the deck.
Alas my water bundle has vanished away. Read about it here and the new bundle hasn’t shown much change at all, so that one will have to stay a work in progress for the meantime.
And last of all … the spirit bundle. 
Faded and soggy, it is out on the deck as well.
I desperately want to see inside, but I’ll curb my impatience. I want some of those papers to be usable.
I left a secret something inside and I so hope it has turned out how I want.
A couple more days for the bundles to dry…then I’ll post the opened bundles…how exciting.
I already know what I want to make with these, and the next part of the project is to make the bundles into art of some kind. All will be revealed at a later date.
8 comments:
Wow what an amazing transformation. I've just pulled mine out of the garden tonight. It's been hung, drowned and buried. I had to wash the dirt off as it would have taken an age to do anything with it, so it's in front of the fire now, drying out.
this has REALLY built the suspense up quite a lot! * chanting in my head, "please dry, please dry, please dry"!
You sure covered all angles of this challenge. We wish for enough moisture to get things wet. It doesn't happen much.
you worked really hard at this project. I loved reading the various location stories thank you! perhaps someone else where on the lake will find that bundle and think they have made a big discovery! fun. lyle
You are so lucky...you get two reveals on this! Now we sit and wait for the sun and wind to do their job and dry dry dry. Guess you get a teeny bit more disintegration that way too.Back to waiting,I'll be here!
WOW - How organized and thoughtful to do your disintegration are in themes. I'm in awe of your thought process. Looking forward to what you develop next. Thanks for sharing your bundle story.
I love your creativity and using all the elements in the disintegration project. How much fun to unwrap all the results. Can't wait to see what you do with them all!
You are really prepared to meet this wonderful challenge and I do wished I had more stuff to work with in the renewal/integration process due August 1, 2009. I visited your incredibly beautiful country in 1994 and love just seeing your wonderful photos. I felt a wee bit homesick and would love to return someday. Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen
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