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And a chimney

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And a birds nest

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More tiles

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I started carving into it to give it the tile look

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I then rolled out two more slabs and slip and scored them together to give it that roof effect

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I rolled out another slab and made another circular type form to add a topper

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More carvings

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I decided to start carving into it to give it that tree like shape

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and this was the final step before carving and detail

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I then added more roots (This is pre clean up aswell)

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I then watched the demonstration and attempted to attach this interesting looking shape (I think I attached it when it was still too wet) (also this was before clean up)

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and another

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just an extra photo to show my last step process

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I started to wrap the mug in with these carrot shapes to provide the look of a tree stump

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I started out making small carrot shapes and carving them out to get a clean look and to prevent explosion if i was going to fire them.

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I started out by rolling slabs and attaching bottoms onto them and so i got these three beauties... unfortunately one cracked one collapsed in on me but at least the third one stayed loyal.

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MORE INSPO

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INSPO for the mug

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18. This is the product of the last 17 steps. To make this piece more detailed I plan to glaze or paint the background in a Van Gogh "starry night" pattern not exactly like it but that is my inspiration

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16. In this time lapse I covered moss in some slip and layered it onto  the branches to make that leaves effect
17. I then carved into the trunk and branches and roots in an "s" like motion to create that wood effect on the bonsai

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14. I repeated step 4 one more to shape the final two main branches because I realized that a bonsai, instead of having many complex branch structure showing its the main branches that then sprout off into the leaves.
15. I then slipped and scored the smaller branches onto the tree and smoothed them out with a damp sponge to make that natural look

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13. I was unhappy with how the initial top of the trunk curved so i was able to successfully peel up the top to reshape, slip and score the tree without harming the piece.

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11. I repeated step 4 but in smaller carrots to create the root effect in my reference photo.
12. I then slipped and scored all of them onto the rock and tree and went in with some slip and a paint brush to make the roots look more naturally attached to the tree.

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10. This was probably one of my most fun and most interesting step because I went into my backyard and found some rocks and I just stamped them onto my rock to add the texture to give it the appearance of a rock (This was later found not very important because when I placed the roots on the slip covered up the texture)

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This is a different angle of step 8 and 9

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8. I then slipped and scored both the rock on to the wall relief and then the tree trunk to the rock then to the relief.
9.I curved the trunk in the way that it would resemble my reference photo and essentially a bonsai tree

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This is just further detail of step 7 with extra photos

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7. I then took my rock and slip and scored a bottom on to the rock so that it would look like a rock but have correct ventilation for the final piece (I also poked a hole in the bottom of the rock)

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6. I then hollowed out the carrot shape so that It would not explode when it gets fired as it was the main trunk shape for the tree hence the thickest part of the tree.

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5. I then cut the solid carrot shape in half to make sure that I could hollow it out in the back but keep that three dimensional shape in the front.

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Two steps had happened in this photo.
3.  The first one I cut my rock in half so that it wouldn't go too far off of the base and unbalance the relief and cause breaking issues. 4. The second I rolled out a carrot form of shape essentially to give a rough base draft of my tree trunk.

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2. I had then hollowed it out (then realized my walls were too thick and so I went back in after this photo and carved more)

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1. I had started with a big clump of clay to form the base of my rock and tried to shape it to be uneven or smooth so that it would resemble the natural shape of the rock

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I decided to go with a bonsai tree for my project because the trees are known for not being perfect like a normal tree with a straight trunk and such but thats what makes them so beautiful.

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I want to do a form of wings because wings are significant to me in more ways than one so I feel like wings would be a good idea for my first project.