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This was the third attempt and making the general shape of the mug. I tried twice at home and got uneven walls so I used the slab roller to make this in class.

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I “rolly-pollied” the bottom to cave it in and make it so that the mug could actually stand up straight without tilting.

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Cracks within clay I filled up with slip later and reinforced some of the walls with clay to make it stronger and even.

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My initial yin-yang for the cup that is a plate that has the backside hollowed out. Initially I just had the line to separate the surfaces but i used the carving tool later to have more of a physical separation between the two sides.

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Attachment of yin-yang onto the mug with slip and score.

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First building to handle that is a representation of traditional archways. I built two handles for a dual handle mug which makes it represent the archway more. Second handle is shown bellow.

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Due to the square and rigid nature of my handle to display the archway properly I had to slip and score and use clay to reinforce the join because it was too flimsy without the reinforced clay.

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After doing the same thing on the right handle I had to let the clay dry while standing up straight so that the bottom was flat and the cup wouldn’t  wobble when sitting on a surface.

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After adding the top of the archway through the center of the mug the pieces is finished. I used the same method to attach this part to the top of the clay as I did the two handles on either side. As a critique of the piece I think the connection between the handles and the mug are way too flimsy and should have been done more properly. Other than that I have extremely happy with the end product and finish of my mug and I think I did a much better job of representing my piece here than on the autobiographical wall relief.

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This was the reference photo I used to create the handles for the mug and the arch on the top of the mug

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This was the photo I used to create the Yin-Yang on the front of my mug.