After about a week I finally completed 3 DIY instruments. I started out last week, making an ocean drum that allows the user to change what is inside to make different souds. I added channels as well to make a variation in the sound and made it harder for the larger and smaller pieces to move in the box. Later in the week, I made a family of transparent shakers. The shakers were different sizes and had different materials in them such as nuts, bolts, and tacks. Today I finished off my "percussion tubes". I started the day by lashing (very similar to weaving) the tubes which held them together and made them look really cool. I experimented for a little bit with stringing the tubes together in other ways, but decided that the lashing was the most effective. After I began to play around with different things to use as a mallet. I found little plastic circles and began testing them as mallets, but I ended up putting the circles inside of the tubes and they amplified the sounds really well. I also decided on using a spatula as the mallet. Once I was "done"  I thought about coloring the circles with markers, but when I was in the shop I found spray paint and I decided to do that instead. The percussion tubes ended up looking amazing and were no longer just an instrument, but also a piece of art.