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Since as a class we all had to sculpt the main part of the mug, sculpting it wasn't as bad. In order to move around the slab I had to let it stiffen up a bit to make it a little easier for me to put it together. In order to make it as smooth as I could I kept going back and forth with the sponge and a card. This definitely help out my mug to look as smooth as it looks.

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Honestly I was having a bit of trouble of what I wanted to sculpt but little by little I started to know what I really wanted to represent. I for sure wanted my handle to be handcuffs so in order to sculpt them I used some clay and started using my hands to create the shape of a circle. Honestly it was a bit difficult such that the clay was still a bit wet so in order to work with it a bit easier I let it stiffen up a bit and kept shaping it until I liked the shape of the handcuffs.

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I then moved on to making the most common plants in a tank. This is how I went forth to sculpt them. After I cut out the shape I used my hands to shape into looking more and more like the plants. Again I had the same problem where the clay was too wet so I had to let it stiffen up a bit so it looked a bit more like the plants.

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After I finished the plants, I moved on to making the rocks. They are not as complex but they do the job when filling up the tank with different decorations. I simply took a piece of clay and rolled it and flattened it a bit. I didn't fix it as much because I wanted it to look a bit "dirty" since all rocks look different. I made quite a few of these to fill up the mug.

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I then moved on to sculpting the ladders. I started off with the 2 long sides and again used my fingers to shape it a bit. I actually made a total of the 6 long sides. Some where a bit smaller due to what I was going fo when sculpting the mug.

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These are just the small pieces in a ladder. I made 9 of these smalls one and measured each of them so they could fit in between the sides smoothly.

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This is how it looked like when I put the sides together. Right there it looked a bit funny. But after I let it stiffen up a bit I was able to fix it a bit more.

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Finally to one of the last decorations, I sculpted 3 starfish. To be honest this was one of the harder decorations I made. It was truly difficult especially since they were tiny I had to pinch the side slightly or else they would get destroyed. It made it especially hard because the clay that I used was still quite wet. After I had the shaped I wanted I let them stiffen up a bit and continued with a few details.

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This is how one of the sides looked like when most of my decorations were put together. Here I have started the slip and slide method. Right there it looked ok, I didn't now how I was feeling about it but I kept going.

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This is another image of the side view of how it was looking.

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This is another side view. For me it wasn't looking the best yet but I kept going and see where I was taking this project. Each an every time I though of this I learned from my mistakes which helped me to keep finishing strong.

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Another side view of another ladder. This was a bit of a smaller ladder compared to the front ladder.

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Another side view. This is where I started to feel a bit more confident that it was going to look great. Right here it was still quite wet so I let it stiffen up a bit so I was able to add a few details.

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I then moved on to making a plant chain. I just grabbed long pieces of clay and stretched them out a bit and then I sort of used the method of braiding. Again I was not feeling to confident but as a I progressed and made a few more it started to look a bit better.

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This is how the chain of plants looked like when it was glued to the mug. It was looking ok for me. Since it was still a bit wet I again let it stiffen up so I could smooth edges and add detail.

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Finally after smoothening the mug and its decorations, this was the final product. this is the side view of the front.

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After that I decided to sculpt a key and decided to hang it on the handcuffs. It was quite hard however I was trying my best to copy a key at home with its edges and other details. This is another side view of the final product.

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This is another side view of the final product. It's a bit easier to see the key here.

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This is a close up of how the key ended up looking. Not the best but if you zoom it in a bit you are able to see the details a bit more clear.

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I have created a wall relief consisting of a human brain -(which represents compulsive thoughts) and a prison cell -(which represent captivity or no escape from the thoughts) on the sides of the prison cells there are two black swans -(which represents power of one's own body, the swans are beautiful in their own unique way but they are destructive and take power like innocent or happy thoughts that sooner or later fade away and are replaced with pain and sorrow until numbness crawls - (which represents the tree branches) its way to suffocate it even more because although the brain is surrounded by prison cells the black swans don't seem to be satisfied so they intentionally bring in more thoughts that crawl its was for ultimate destruction of one's fragile mind.

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My biggest inspiration in sculpting this was a very meaningful song to me by one of my favorite singers titled mind is a prison. The way he acts out his feelings are very powerful with a melancholic setting where in his music video he is in tank cuffed up and the water is slowing rising until it finally filled up and there was just no way out of it, I believe that the tank, the water, and the cuffs all together represented how tired he was from trying because in the end he was still drowning but not fighting it anymore. That's exactly what I wanted to represent in my wall relief, instead of sculpting the tank I just took the title ‘mind is a prison’  and brought it to life and instead of the cuffs I decided to sculpt tree branches- (the one in horror movies that trap people) just to show the same theme but in a different way.

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In the beginning I was having a hard time thinking where to start but I did have one of my top ideas, like the swan I sculpted. The first thing I did in order to sculpt the swan was rolled a piece of clay after I got the perfect roll I then started sculpting the head of the swan by pinching it.

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After sculpting the head of the swan I moved to the body of the swan by also using the method of pinching. I first pinched it to look like a leaf then I started working my way from there and made the little body.

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Then I shifted to sculpting the wing of the swan by also using the same method of sculpting a leaf. It did took me a while to sculpt the swan because if I pressed to hard it will just ruin the shape but eventually the leaf became more like a wing.

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This is an image of putting the swans together to have an idea of how they will look like.

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Moving on to the brain I watched various videos and analyzed various images to understand the shape of the brain. I then found this around my house and figured that it will be perfect for the shape of the brain.

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I also rolled down different pieces of clay to make the outside structure of the brain.

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After I put everything together this is the result of how the brain looked. Overall I did have some challenges sculpting this because I wasn't yet sure of how the prison cells were going to look around the brain.

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Moving on to the prison cell walls I started of by sculpting a rectangle and when I left it to dry a bit, I then took out long rectangle shapes to create the effect of a prison.

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This is the finally result of the prison cell.

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This image here is te completion of the 5 cell walls sculpted. It was quite difficult such that when it was too wet it was hard to take out the rectangular shapes however I later let them dry a bit and it was easier.

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This an image of when I hollowed out the brain. I had realized at the moment that the brain was quite deep but it worked out in the end.

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This is an image of when I covered the hole with a thin layer of clay in order for the hole to not show too much.

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I then started to put the objects together to get an idea of what the end result would be. Here I just surrounded the brain with the prison cells to have an idea of how much I have to remove clay from the cells in order for then to be even.

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`This is when I started to make the "tree branches" I again just rolled out pieces of clay in different sizes.

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Here I started using the slip and slide method to put together the sculpted objects.

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In the beginning when I put it together I was not feeling to confident about it.

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However, then I decide to add more of the tree branches to make it look like the tree branches are also consuming the brain not only the prison cells.

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Here is a side view of how the final product looks. I am still in the process of cleaning it up.

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This is the front view of the final product. Here i'm still in the process of cleaning out the final product.

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This is an image of my sketch book; my most favorite thing to do is draw, it helps me relax and it helps me to reflect on myself.

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This is an image of one of  my favorite animals; this is actually also a piggy bank. I love sloths, they're just so cute and represent a part of who I am, which is im very slow.

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This is an image of one of my favorite books; I truly love to read different genres, it just brings me happiness.

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This is an image of the Virgin Mary; having this sculpture really gives me peace and faith that everything will be ok.

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One of my favorite things are scented candles; they bring me happiness and help me relax.