concept for midterm project

This is a first attempt at using Adobe Illustrator (bare with me). The idea for half of the project is: constructing an acrylic box then filling it with found objects from the creek. On the outside of the box, we would draw maps indicating sections of the creek (preferably on vellum or a semi-translucent material). on the map we would highlight zones and areas of interest to us as interesting facts or information.