Katie Cappadonia: All Natural Bridge

In my group was me (Katie Cappadonia), Kate Shied and Jack Yu for the all natural bridge project over the Kanakadea River behind Harder Hall and in-between that and Main Street. Our bridge is composed of branches of strong wood, rocks holding it up. We found vines that were like rope so we weaved that in to hold the branches together and to stabilize it more. We also soaked tiny strips of bark from a tree we used to make charcoal for Ted's drawing class, and used those as nice string to tie the branches together throughout the length of the bridge. After it was secure enough, we topped it with layers of tree bark, and then put pine needles over it. For artistic elements, we included logs that we got holes put into and made it like a fence, lining the side of the bridge. We also found dead bamboo shoots behind Cohen and threaded it through the holes in the logs. Then we wrapped a green vine like rope around it. We also adorned it with pine-cones and I sprinkled the red flower parts from a Sumack tree over the pine needles. We also started the beginning and end of it with a nice rock stepping stone walkway.