blue

My collection of blue items started by rummaging through an unpacked box of a random assortment of things I hadn't opened since moving to Irvine. The only common thing I could find was the color blue - an old earring, half burned candles, a string of lights, a bowl, a small jar - all varying shades of blue. Since class I have been wondering how I am going to re-create "blue" or show the concept of "blue" aside from the color "blue". I started thinking about all the things that come to my mind when I think of blue - the sky, the ocean, blue eyes, the color of my old car, red, white and blue, blue tears, blue moon, baby blues, blue jeans, coolers, black and blue bruises, "the blues", "out of the blue", "into the blue", ice, huskies, blueberries, water, kitchy Christmas trees... etc etc etc. Somewhere in that stream of thought "blue collar" popped into my mind and I liked the idea of somehow showing a blue collar essence - worker, work day, lifestyle - in my collection of blue. A blue collar worker is a member of the working class who does manual labor - construction, mining, manufacturing etc. I am completely open and eager for ideas but so far I have the following idea - I want to find a wheel barrel and fill it with a mixture of dirt and/or sand and large rocks ( possibly partial pieces of concrete or brick) - paint everything blue and display my collection in the barrel as well - partially buried - I suppose mimicking the essence of a construction site. Maybe even include a hard hat ( painted blue) and some tools as well. As for the reproduction part - I would like to reproduce some of the rocks out of wire and blue tissue paper and display them around the wheel barrel. I am also thinking about including snap shots of various construction sites construction workers within and around the barrel. I would alter the picture a little to have a hint of blue be a prominent feature - blue jeans, a blue hammer, a blue building - etc.

I am not completely sure I am even on the right tract.. I am very open to ideas!