Scrambled Eggs and Mighty Survivors

I witnessed several eggs drop to the ground beneath the fire escape this past beautiful Wednesday afternoon. The 3D Design class at DSU seemed to have put a lot of energy and creativity into this entertaining project, and we in response gave them a very amused and engaged audience. Just happy to be outside on such a gorgeous day, the Digital Collection and Curation class was thrilled to look on to this spectacle. Over the next roughly half an hour we “oohed”, “awed”, and “applauded the young artists and creators as they attempted to secure the fate of the eggs with which they were entrusted. 

First to test her engineering skills, Ashes bravely took to the fire escape. Her egg structure was small and a little top-heavy. In an unfortunate splatter, the egg crashed to the ground. It was a good way to start off the event.

The contraptions that followed seemed to get bigger and more intricate for a while. The next device had a sort of skewer-umbrella attached, which didn’t survive the fall but died with honor protecting its egg. After that we got several large spherical shapes with the eggs in the center and spindly protruding legs. Some made it; some did not.

And I can’t get by in this without mentioning the near-infamous device dubbed by the English community “Schrödinger’s Box”. This little egg encasing was so tightly bound up in skewers, toothpicks, and hot glue that it was very much a challenge at first look to know whether the egg endured. They shook it up a bit and apparently heard enough movement to discern the egg had not made it.

Then as our time was winding down, I just had to stay a few moments extra behind the majority of the class. My dear pal, Liam was up to bat just as my fellow collectors and curators turned to their heels. He told me later that his structure used the fewest pieces compared to the rest of the class. He must have done something right though because his egg also fortunately survived.