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With my wall relief, I wanted to create something that I could relate to and something that has been a personal struggle for most of my life. I've always felt as if I never used my full potential when doing things such as school; as if I was being constrained from trying my absolute hardest. I felt like I lacked all motivation to focus on things like school and I would typically get distracted whenever I try to do simple things such as homework assignments. I hardly ever turned in assignments on time, and when I did I typically did them with little to no effort. The chains wrapped around the brain in my structure resemble this struggle. Although I found it difficult to gain even a little bit of motivation to do well in school for a majority of my life, the past few years I have made significant progress in my ability to put in more effort. After I was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago, I started to realize that there wasn't something wrong with me, but I just wasn't getting the proper treatment I needed to be successful. This realization in itself made me understand that I have to put in more effort than most people to try to stay motivated and there is nothing I can do about it; nor is it necessarily a negative thing that I should be ashamed of. I consider this to be a turning point in my life and although I still feel restrained at times, I feel like I'm evolving as an individual and slowly improving every day. I decided to show this in my sculpture by making it seem as if my brain is emerging out of the ground, with the chains still attached because I have yet to completely find total contentment, but I know it's definitely achievable in the future as I continue to do self-reflection and get answers.

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I started my project by creating the base of the sculpture. I did this by cutting and shaping slabs of clay to desired lengths as supports and then attaching them to the base of the sculpture itself.

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I started my project by creating the base of the sculpture. I did this by cutting and shaping slabs of clay to desired lengths as supports and then attaching them to the base of the sculpture itself.

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After it was assembled and strong, I smoothed out the edges with a wet sponge to prevent pieces breaking off and chipping at a later stage. 

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After it was assembled and strong, I smoothed out the edges with a wet sponge to prevent pieces breaking off and chipping at a later stage. 

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At the end of the project, I decided it would be a good idea to make it seem like my brain was emerging from a hole because I thought it would fit the theme nicely and add detail to my base. I started this process by making two large circles of clay then stacking them on each other.

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At the end of the project, I decided it would be a good idea to make it seem like my brain was emerging from a hole because I thought it would fit the theme nicely and add detail to my base. I started this process by making two large circles of clay then stacking them on each other.

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Then, I smoothed out the circles to start to shape the hole into a more finished look.

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Then, I smoothed out the circles to start to shape the hole into a more finished look.

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I added two clay balls to the each side of the hole in order to increase the size of the slope to fit the entire base.

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I added two clay balls to the each side of the hole in order to increase the size of the slope to fit the entire base.

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After a lot of smoothing out with a wet sponge, and carving out the inside edges of the hole so the clay could fully cook, I was satisfied with the finished look.

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After a lot of smoothing out with a wet sponge, and carving out the inside edges of the hole so the clay could fully cook, I was satisfied with the finished look.

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The brain was challenging to make and required a lot of time and effort. I started off with practicing rolling out very thin strings of clay.

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The brain was challenging to make and required a lot of time and effort. I started off with practicing rolling out very thin strings of clay.

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I then took the strings and coiled them up onto a ball I made into a brain shape.

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I then took the strings and coiled them up onto a ball I made into a brain shape.

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Once I finished one half, I began working on the second half.

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Once I finished one half, I began working on the second half.

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After a while I got the hang of making the coils and they looked really nice on the final result.

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After a while I got the hang of making the coils and they looked really nice on the final result.

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Creating the chains was most definitely the most challenging and tedious part of the entire project. It took a lot of trial and error just to make one link and they often fell apart right after I made them just because they were so small. I rolled out even smaller strings of clay and evenly divided them to make chain links.

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Creating the chains was most definitely the most challenging and tedious part of the entire project. It took a lot of trial and error just to make one link and they often fell apart right after I made them just because they were so small. I rolled out even smaller strings of clay and evenly divided them to make chain links.

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My strategy was to make the links, let them dry out a bit so they weren't as tender and easy to break, and then I made more links to connect them once they were the desired texture. 

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My strategy was to make the links, let them dry out a bit so they weren't as tender and easy to break, and then I made more links to connect them once they were the desired texture. 

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Once they were long enough, I carved where I wanted the chains to rest onto the brain

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Once they were long enough, I carved where I wanted the chains to rest onto the brain

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Then after slipping and scoring the insides of the carvings, I attached the chains to the brain.

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Then after slipping and scoring the insides of the carvings, I attached the chains to the brain.

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Unfortunately, there were multiple instances where the chains would entirely fall apart once I attached them to the brain which made me have to start over and I lost multiple weeks of progress because of this.

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Thankfully after a lot of long setbacks, I was able to successfully attach the chains to the brain without them completely crumbling a day later.

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Thankfully after a lot of long setbacks, I was able to successfully attach the chains to the brain without them completely crumbling a day later.

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Once I finished the brain and them the base I tried to see if the brain itself would fit in the hole and it did after I stretched the edges of the hole a bit. My plan was to slip and score both the brain and the base and then press down the edges of the base so the brain fit snug into the hole. 

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Once I finished the brain and them the base I tried to see if the brain itself would fit in the hole and it did after I stretched the edges of the hole a bit. My plan was to slip and score both the brain and the base and then press down the edges of the base so the brain fit snug into the hole. 

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Slipping and scoring the bottom of the brain (and as you can see I also carved out the inside of the brain because the ball itself was too thick to get fully cooked)

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Once the brain was secured onto the base, I finally pushed in the edges of the base for a tighter fit around the brain, and after that I was completely done with the project.

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Once the brain was secured onto the base, I finally pushed in the edges of the base for a tighter fit around the brain, and after that I was completely done with the project.

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It was a lot of work but I was really satisfied with the result. In all honestly I never expected myself to finish this project and I considered giving up multiple times but then I realized that if I were to give up then that would completely contradict the theme of the project, so I really pushed myself into completing it.