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I rolled out coils of clay and laid them in a wavy line and attached them to represent waves. I also made a little indentation of where the horizon is

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I started by making the conical-ish shape of the fish with the size that I wanted

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I hollowed out and flattened the clay from the shape before and added the eye and side fin

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I slipped ans scored the hollowed fish to attach it to the slab and smoothed it out

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I added the rest of the fins, and started adding texture

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I used a mesh net to make scales and added some clay to make a ripple in the water from the fish

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My piece is a boat and a fish jumping out of water. More specifically a blue fin tuna which is a pelagic fish that moves around just like I have in my past. The boat ties into the same concept representing the times I have moved schools, houses, and states. Going back to the fish jumping out of water, it is in a new place which represents me trying to get more out of my comfort zone. More specifically, I just started diving for the school this year. The ripples in the water show that nothing is smooth sailing, especially new things, but it is more than possible to make it through.

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lastly, I added gills and lines on the other 3 fins to make the fish look completed. I also added texture beneath the fish to make the water look like a splash

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I attempted to replicate my references in making this pointed shape with the front being higher than the back.

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Then I added on the back and sealed and smoothed everything

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Then I cut my boat at an angle and added the first "bench"

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I slip and scored the boat onto the background and sealed up the cracks

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Then I added the second bench with slip and scoring as well

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I indented some lines to make the boat seem wooden. I also rolled out some clay and twisted it to look like a rope and attached it to the boat

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I added a life-preserver ring just to add more detail and attached it on the rope

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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I flattened, shaped, and smoothed out my background slab and drew lines for the rails.

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I cut 2 rails to wrap around the outside, and 2 for the middle

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this is roughly how the back will look

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I slipped ans scored the walls to each other and to the background as well as sealed up creases and smoothed out the sides