François

Stone Soup is an event centered around the community.  The final product does not have to be amazing or delicious, but it should be enjoyable and fulfilling.

The idea of stone soup came from author Marcia Brown. She wrote the book Stone Soup, a book about three soldiers separated from their army.   The soldiers enter a town and received a cold reception from the townsfolk.  The soldiers ask everyone in town for food and do not receive a morsel.  The soldiers come up with the idea to make a soup, but have no edible ingredients.  They toss a few stones into a pot of water and begin embellishing the magnificence of the soup.  The townsfolk want soup as well so the soldiers ask them to spare only single ingredients. At the end of the story everyone in the village had tossed ingredients into the soup and everyone enjoyed the soup together.

While deciding what to do for our design everyone contributed and respected what each other brought to the table.  Everyone brought ingredients/materials to work with.  The creative process was free flowing and we worked with the materials we had.  Everyone agreed that we should make a robot.  We included sticks found nearby and decided to use those for arms and legs. It was to have a paper plate for a face, boxes for chest and torso, and yarn for hair.  We accesorized our robot with clothing, shoes, and even glasses (because what kind of robot has perfect vision?).  His name was François.

Stone Soup is about bringing different things to the table.  It's about bringing different design backgrounds into one project that is quick, loose, and ephemeral.