For this exercise we were told to bring a jewelry box, rubber glove, or a can and ballon; I chose a jewelry box. As a group we mixed together 4 cups of concrete mix and 1 cup of water. Once we mixed it together we poured it into each of our boxes and added our own personal touches to them. After my box dried I pealed the cardboard off around the concrete and it formed an 8x4x1 inch box (coaster).
This activity was interesting to me because I got to see how this material comes together and forms from the bag, a powder, to a hard block. We had several issues making our mixture thick enough to pour. If the mix was runny, then we need to get more mix. There are many similarities with my creation and the creation of the mud brick. Each form uses a material and mixes together with water to form its hard shape as it dries in the sun. Concrete was first formed from volcano ash which is similar to the powder that is in the concrete mix. We see this material take on three forms over a span of 24 hours. First in the powder form, then in the liquid form for pouring, and lastly in a strong solid form.
The image to the left shows the concrete drying at about 18 hours.
The final product
Creating our masterpeices
This activity was interesting to me because I got to see how this material comes together and forms from the bag, a powder, to a hard block. We had several issues making our mixture thick enough to pour. If the mix was runny, then we need to get more mix. There are many similarities with my creation and the creation of the mud brick. Each form uses a material and mixes together with water to form its hard shape as it dries in the sun. Concrete was first formed from volcano ash which is similar to the powder that is in the concrete mix. We see this material take on three forms over a span of 24 hours. First in the powder form, then in the liquid form for pouring, and lastly in a strong solid form.
The final product
Creating our masterpeices 
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