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Groundskeeper Willie StickyBones test- With Audio

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Groundskeeper Willie StickyBones test- With Audio

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Why I chose Determination as my theme for FMP

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Why I chose Determination as my theme for FMP

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No one can just walk through life, many times it takes running, it takes pushing yourself to the absolute limit of what you thought was possible for yourself and even then, pushing a little bit further. We all have goals in life, the bigger the goal the more you have to push. It takes more than just working hard but sheer determination. There are examples of determination everywhere you look, Doctors, Mothers, Athletes, Teachers even animals just surviving. We are all surrounded by determination, some people are determined to do as little as possible but it still counts. Someone who has been very successful in life may look down on someone who is less fortunate, maybe in a run down position and assume they have no determination to turn their life around, work hard and hustle to get a car as fancy as their own. Where as that person may be determined just not to end their own life that day, challenges come in all shapes and sizes and I want to explore the theme of determination deeper to enrich my understanding of that.

Determination has a personal role in my life because like everyone I have goals in life to achieve and I blame the lack of determination when I don’t reach those goals I feel like i need to work harder and more consistently to reach my goals. I think making an artwork that exemplifies this would help me focus and remind me what needs to be done.

For me Personally its been something I have always battled, from fighting addictions and promising myself today is the last day I do the things that aren't serving my best interests, to having a goal in mind, completing 95% off it and just phoning it in at the last hurdle instead of taking the time to complete that last 5% and make it shine the way it was intended.

I also would like to take the struggle I have had with determination and share a piece of work that if I am lucky, will inspire them to ask themselves what they are determined to do in life and if they are on the path of achieving it. Hopefully inspiring them to take action and fuel there determination to succeed in their goal

One story of determination that resonates with me is the story of Dashrath Manjhi, an Indian man who's wife is gravely injured while going through the hills, the villagers and her husband attempted to get her to hospital but she unfortunately did not make it in time.

In his grief Dashrath vowed that no one else would die because they couldn’t get to the help they needed. Spending the next 22 years with only a hammer and chisel hammering and carving a road through a mountain until he had turned a 30km trip to the hospital 3km, making it far more accessible for his village and saving lives along the way, a beautiful testament of love and commitment.

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Various sculpts in Monster Clay and polymer clay

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Various sculpts in Monster Clay and polymer clay

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Stop Motion with Toys Working progress~ No sound

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Stop Motion with Toys Working progress~ No sound

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Outdoor sculpture made from Pal Tiya Clay

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Outdoor sculpture made from Pal Tiya Clay