In ‘How to Make the Sky,’ I try to use the sky itself as a material to make art about the sky, considering its variations—clouds, colors, angles, etc. I decided to use mirrors as a way of bringing the sky to the ground in pieces. On the ground, I could touch pieces of the sky, move and manipulate them. My original conceptualization of the work focused on blue sky, and I was originally disappointed by persistently overcast conditions while working, but as the work developed and I learned to respond to variable weather conditions ‘How to Make the Sky’ became more about the relationship between material and its manifestation in these different conditions than about just the sky itself. I utilized both acrylic and glass mirrors, which have different weights and respond quite differently to humidity, allowing me to experiment with clear and warped reflections of the sky, as well as the surrounding trees and people. The final collection of works are an exploration of ephemerality and durability, changing topologies, the boundaries between earth and sky, tree branch and human limb, and the characteristics of reflection.