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If you have variations to this please consider adding them. For example, you can include an initial version and a current version.

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Eventually the character count will be critical.

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Character Counter is a 100% free online character count calculator that's simple to use. Sometimes users prefer simplicity over all of the detailed writing information Word Counter provides, and this is exactly what this tool offers. It displays character count and word count which is often the only information a person needs to know about their writing. Best of all, you receive the needed information at a lightning fast speed.

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Character Count is a free online tool that calculates the number of characters and words written in your writing.

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Don't put these here YET. For Selected works, you have an additional field titled "Ideas". This is also limited to 100 characters.

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Describe how your sustained investigation shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by your questions or inquiry. You are required to highlight those words at least one time in the statement (practice, experimentation, revision).

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Describe how your sustained investigation shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by your questions or inquiry. You are required to highlight those words at least one time in the statement (practice, experimentation, revision).

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Eventually this will need to get paired down to 600 characters. For now, write what you need to write...

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As clearly as possible, identify the questions or inquiry that guided your sustained investigation

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As clearly as possible, identify the questions or inquiry that guided your sustained investigation

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Eventually this will need to get paired down to 600 characters. For now, write what you need to write. Your first line should start with the sustained investigation.

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You may revise previous process images or choose to not include them. This will help us get a birds eye view of the portfolio, the order we want to put them in, and where it would make the most sense to put process images.

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How can I use surrealist sculptures of nature to communicate life lessons?

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If you want Ms. Gottula to provide specific feedback, list your questions here...

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If you want Ms. Gottula to provide specific feedback, list your questions here...

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Key terms to be aware of and possibly consider using...

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Materials: Plasticine Clay, metal rods, screws, aluminum wire, wooden board

Process: Screwed metal rods into wooden board to create sturdy base to attach the wire armature to. Applied melted plasticine clay to mimic mud. Wire mesh covered in clay created the brim of the man's hat and serape, as well as the flag.

Ideas: Highlight the pioneering of vaqueros in Texas cowboy and ranching culture. Composition of the piece intends to frame the vaquero as a pioneer, gripping a flag whipping in the wind to symbolize charging forward and paving the way for Texas cowboy culture. A longhorn follows in tow, the longhorn itself symbolizing Texans as well as cattle drive culture.

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Evidence of Practice, Experimentation, Revision Statement here:

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Evidence of Practice, Experimentation, Revision Statement here:

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2. I used chipboard, painter’s tape, and paper mache (work 2, 9, 14) for armatures due to its flexibility, allowing me to create dynamic poses and forms. I incorporated lots of detail through carving and texturing (3-13) in Cinco Blanco, polymer, and air dry clay. I experimented with unique materials like beadwork, phosphorescent paint, and pen ink cartridges (6, 8,13) to effectively communicate each piece’s life lesson. I utilized precautionary techniques like baking my polymer clay in baking soda (1, 12) and carefully carving out my ceramic pieces (4-7) to ensure maximum detail preservation.

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Materials: Plasticine Clay, metal rods, screws, aluminum wire, wooden board

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Ideas: N/A (might have to split the description from the first post into this entry)

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Sustained Investigation Written Statement here:

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Sustained Investigation Written Statement here:

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1. My portfolio was guided by the inquiry, “How can I communicate life lessons through surrealist sculptures of nature?” From the metamorphosis of insects to the hidden beasts of the deep sea, I sought to investigate how the intricacies and complexities of nature could be transformed into a metaphor to represent the universal ideas of growing up, love, relationships, responsibility, family, and beyond.

These twisted portrayals of nature allowed me to emphasize a central metaphor representing the journey of life, connecting these human experiences to the natural world around us

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Materials: Cinco Blanco clay, Amaco glaze, pen ink cartridges, old school homework & stick notes, cardboard, E6000 and Elmer's glue, coffee

Process: Stacked the papers with sheets of cardboard in-between to increase volume while reducing total weight of the piece. Attached pen ink cartridges with E6000 to ensure they attached to the ceramic body of the owl properly.

Ideas: Warn the viewer the dangers of overwork and how it leads to burnout and loss of passion and motivation. Particularly use visual messaging of schoolwork and overcaffeination to communicate this theme.

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Materials: Cinco Blanco clay, Amaco glaze, pen ink cartridges, old school homework & stick notes, cardboard, E6000 and Elmer's glue, coffee

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Materials: DAS air dry clay, Medium Super Sculpey Polymer Clay, chipboard, aluminum wire & foil, Liquitex acrylic paint & gesso, glass pebbles, fairy lights

Process: Chipboard armature was covered air dry clay, primed with gesso, and painted with acrylic paint. I painted the back of a glass pebble to mimic an eye's cornea, and I placed fairy lights concentrated behind the eyes so that the eyes glow in the dark, mimicking the eyes of a predator hiding in the brush of a forest.

Ideas: Communicate the dangers of toxic relationships that have unhealthy dynamics resembling a predator and its prey. I used the bunny to symbolize someone victimized by a toxic relationship, with the wolf acting as someone holding an unhealthy amount of power.

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Materials: DAS air dry clay, Medium Super Sculpey Polymer Clay, chipboard, aluminum wire & foil, Liquitex acrylic paint & gesso, glass pebbles, fairy lights

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Materials: Paper air dry clay, Medium Super Sculpey polymer clay, aluminum wire, aluminum foil, Liquitex acrylic paint, phosphorescent paint, holographic nail glitter

Process: Foil and wire armature was covered in paper clay, and a slips/score technique was used to attach horns and scales all over the body. Flashy colors, phosphorescent paint, and glitter mimicked the flashiness of marine wildlife.

Ideas: Demonstrate how getting older can come with rediscovering the beauty of small wonders in life by utilizing a deep sea creature as a metaphor for these hidden wonders. Similar to how a deep sea animal is often out of sight, these tiny wonders can sometimes only be found if you look for them, yet they can play vital roles in preserving our mental health.

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Materials: Paper air dry clay, Medium Super Sculpey polymer clay, aluminum wire, aluminum foil, Liquitex acrylic paint, phosphorescent paint, holographic nail glitter

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Materials: Scrap newspaper, glue & water, Painter's tape, chipboard

Process: Covered chipboard and painter's tape armature of the wolf's head with paper mache to even out and strengthen the surface.

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Materials: DAS air dry clay, Medium Super Sculpey Polymer Clay, chipboard, aluminum wire & foil, Liquitex acrylic paint & gesso, glass pebbles, fairy lights

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Materials: Chipboard, painter's tape, aluminum wire, gesso, Liquitex acrylic paint, hot glue

Process: Created a hollow chipboard armature to minimize the weight of the bird's body, allowing for it to levitate mid-air over wire stilts. I attached scrap metal and pieces from old cameras and Arduino kits with hot glue.

Ideas: Phoenix symbolizes rebirth, and its upward ascent composition-wise demonstrates how, as time goes on, humanity makes more technological progress. Phoenixes, an archaic symbol, combined with the modern symbolism of wires and camera lenses demonstrates how much technology improves in one person's lifetime and how individuals can contribute to progressing technology.

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Materials: Cinco Blanco clay, empty pen ink cartridges

Process: Poked indentations to glue the pen ink cartridges after firing, making sure to make the holes a little larger to account for shrinkage.

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Materials: Cinco Blanco clay, loop clay tool, wire clay slicer

Process: Sliced my owl sculpture into 3 segments with a wire clay slicer, carving each out with a loop tool so the walls were ~0.5 in thick all around, using my fingers to check the thickness in each segment.

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Materials: Chipboard, painter's tape, aluminum wire, gesso, Liquitex acrylic paint, hot glue

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Materials: Cinco Blanco clay, Amaco glaze, pen ink cartridges, old school homework & stick notes, cardboard, E6000 and Elmer's glue, coffee

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Materials: Cinco Blanco clay, loop clay tool, wire clay slicer

Process: Sliced my deer sculpture into 5 segments, ensuring that each segment had enough structural stability to stay intact while I carved the inside and thinned the walls to ~0.5 in. Afterwards, each segment was slip/scored back together.

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Materials: Cinco Blanco clay, Amaco glaze, tulle, pearl and plastic beads, plastic beading string

Process: Slits were carved into the piece before firing, and the tulle and stringed beads were attached into these slits. The neck slit also symbolizes the pain associated with beauty.

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Materials: Baking soda, Medium Super Sculpey Polymer Clay

Process: Placed the unbaked clay sculpture into bed of baking soda, sprinkled baking soda over it to ensure the piece did not move and get disfigured while baking.

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Materials: Paper mache, aluminum foil and wire

Process: Covered a foil and wire armature with paper mache to create a sturdy base to later gesso and attach air dry clay to. Utilized a paint brush to achieve an even application of glue over the paper mache, ensuring quick and even drying.

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Materials: DAS air dry clay, gesso, chipboard, aluminum foil and wire, hot glue, painter's tape.

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Materials: Medium Super Sculpey Polymer Clay

Process: Rolled out strips of clay, thinned out the edges, and ruffled the strips to mimic the delicate and flowy fins of fish.

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Materials: Baking soda, Medium Super Sculpey Polymer Clay

Process: Poured baking soda into a baking tin as a soft bed to protect the delicate shapes of the clay fins while baking. Otherwise, the clay fins would flatten and lose its shape.

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Materials: Paper air dry clay, Medium Super Sculpey polymer clay, aluminum wire, aluminum foil, Liquitex acrylic paint, phosphorescent paint, holographic nail glitter

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Materials: Chipboard, painter's tape, aluminum wire

Process: Applied thin strips of painter's tape to attach tapered pieces of chipboard to mimic the movement and texture of bird feathers. Gradually built up the strips to create lots of detail and texture throughout the body and wings of the bird.

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Materials: Chipboard, painter's tape, aluminum wire, gesso, Liquitex acrylic paint, hot glue

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