For our single column of textures, for example, we ended up using wax, astroturf, latex caulking, expanding aerosol foam, and fur. Filling the astroturf frame was as straightforward  as cutting the astroturf to the same dimensions as the frame window, then gluing it down to the wooden back. For the wax frame, we dripped candle wax from three different colored candles into the frame, layering the wax on thickly and overlapping colors. The caulking and foam were simply squeezed and sprayed respectively into their frames in a fun swirly pattern. The fur frame involved a little sewing – since we really wanted to do this project without spending much money, and the cheapest, softest fur we could find was in a bin full of tiny fur scraps at a discount fabric and craft store, we stitched together the scraps to form a square that would fit into the frame window, then hot-glued it all into place. 

Like I said, just about anything goes. The cool thing is that because you'll most likely be using materials in a way far, far removed from their intended uses, you'll end up with an interestingly abstract set of objects that are as as funky in appearance as they are in texture. 

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