Expressing "Include"

The final idea my group chose for the letter construction, was one of the ideas I had come up with- creating two separate boxes and cutting out the letters from the boxes. The first box would say "inc" and the second box would say "ude," and the negative space between the boxes would create the letter "l," so when both boxes were put together, the viewer would see "include." The main reason we chose this construction was for the pictures we would be taking. We had an idea of incorporating different parts of KU in the space where the "l" is. For example, our pictures include the Campanile, the Jayhawk Blvd. sign, a KU campus bus, a big tree from campus, and one of the big pillars of Wescoe. Our original location for the letters was Wescoe beach. We chose this location because it is where KU students come to hang out and socialize between classes. It is also where people come to promote various organizations, clubs, and much more. We agreed that Wescoe was the most appropriate location to place our letters. It is where KU students include each other by socializing and hanging out or where students find a way to include themselves at KU, by signing up for something such as a club. Another factor we decided would help express our word, was height. If the letters were big enough, people could literally include themselves within the letters. Our group displayed this in our team picture, when we peaked through the spaces of the letters. We chose to paint our word bright red, in order to stand out, grab attention, and make people curious. I was pleased because it worked how we hoped and I received lots of positive feedback and compliments. Many people came to ask about the letters and take a picture. Surprisingly, most of the people my group talked to thought the letters were constructed out of wood rather than cardboard; Everyone was surprised that we managed to make the whole model in two days. I was happy with our project and very happy with the responses from fellow students.

-Rachel