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The first thing that was definitely difficult was making sure I stuck with a decision. I had a difficult time wondering what I wanted to create but once I began my new idea I was very happy with the outcome. I definitely challenged myself in different aspects with using new techniques and tools so I feel that this project not only displays my construction skills but it also represents a huge part of my childhood which was Disney.

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I was inspired by one of the mugs in Mr. Stouts presentation with all the roses so I wanted to make one with multiple flowers. At first the process making the flowers was tedious but Mr. Stout helped me with the variety I wanted. After making a couple flowers and trying to attach them, I didn't like the look of my mug blank so I decided to scrap the idea. Going into class the next day I saw Alexa's Honey Mug from Disney's Winnie and the Pooh and inspired me to do something Disney.

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I will never forget making my Mug Blanks EVER! We were at school and I had rolled out two Slabs for my two mug blanks. I then went to my 3rd period and we had to evaluate for a pipe bomb threat! I had to leave my slabs in my STATS class but thankfully got them the next day a little bent but its ok!

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Creating the Handle and Sculptural Aspects 

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Creating the Handle and Sculptural Aspects 

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Looking at the Piston Cup we can notice how the handles are like wings and a half circle so to make these I wanted to make sure that gravity wouldn't pull these aspects off. I first sculpted the wings the same size at each side and used water to try and curve them. After watching the handle videos I loved the coal method to get that half circle shape. I followed Mr. Stouts instructions and made sure that this aspect of my project was perfect so that he knew I watched the video and preformed it well.

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We are able to see some of the construction of my flowers I didn't end up using!

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It was most important that the front side of my mug blank was still moist so I could attach the front details so I made sure to do construction of the wings and handles first so they had time to dry out and stay firm.

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To attach the wings I had to cut some of the inside of it off so we were still able to see the handle. I stacked them next to each other alike the picture of the trophy.

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Once I brought my Mug Blank into class Mr Stout helped me assemble the front part of my mug. We printed out the lettering for the Piston Cup and traced it on a piece of paper to almost stamp the clay. We made sure that the slab was rolled out thin because of all the extra detail cut outs we were gonna do. I used an exacto knife to cut the letters and side details out before attaching it to the front. We then slip and lightly scored both the mug and the detailed slab and rolled the slab on with the end of a paint brush. I sealed the sides off to make sure the slip would attach the two pieces. To clean it up I had to make sure the clay was dry so I waited 2 days. I then went in with a paint brush and made sure the letters looked nice.

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To create a lighthouse shape/base I rolled out two slabs of clay and wrapped it around an old bottle to get the the upward incline shape. To attach these pieces I slipped and scored the edges because the inside of lighthouse was already hollowed out.

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At the beginning of class I took the lighthouse to my wall relief and recognized that it was too tall and would be falling off so I cut the structure down and then began to attach the first "half circle" piece to build upon.

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Today, I attached my trapezoid shaped piece to the top of the half circle. This was one of the most difficult pieces to attach because I had to attach side walls so that the one piece didn't have too much pressure from the top and would still touch and attach to the wall relief. I then added on top another level to the lighthouse.

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To finish off the structure of the lighthouse, I added the top piece and began to add strips of clay around the base to truly recognize the layers and levels of the structure.I then added a rectangle like shape as my door to the bottom and carved out the middle piece to show a different perception

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I carved out my door to show an outline of the frame and began to start on the 1998 start of my project by making numbers. To make it more significant I decided to scrape the numbers and try to symbolize it differently. I also slipped and scored my lighthouse onto my wall relief!

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Heres the numbers on the lighthouse with the life preservers attached

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After discussing with Mr. Stout, I decided to use only the '98 because it took a decent amount of time to cut but also it means something very sentimental to my family. On the left side of my wall relief I started to make "Highway '98" representing California and how I grew up here. I also decided to add a window on the left.

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Because I'm moving to Ohio for college I wanted to do snowflakes because of the weather. After numerous trials with cut outs and add ons I didn't quite like how my piece was headed. I made a quick change to use leaves to also represent seasons and how I will be experiencing them very soon.

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At the beginning of the course I was thinking of different sentimental things I could create for my first project. I thought of creating a lighthouse that would represent my parents leading me towards my future at college and beyond California

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The first thing that was definitely difficult with making a slab was making sure it was the same thickness and hight so it could not only be sturdy but also even. I attempt my rectangle twice and by the second time, I had the slab large enough to care the objects that I would construct on top of the background.

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I thought doing a butterfly would be very pretty because it has a lot of detail

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I think for future project I would like to incorporate a Mickey Mouse Head because I was raised on Disney as a kid and it brings me back to very happy moments

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I'm committed to go play lacrosse in college so I would love to make something that could go along with the sport from clay

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Future Flash!

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I began to construct mu side ways and had little difficulty doing so. I think it was easier because Mr. Stout showed me a method that evens out the clay by flipping it and pulling it towards me in the air.

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While I was thinking of what I wanted to do, I constructed two mug blanks just in case I wanted to make a sister mug, or one looked better than the other. I finally decided to go with the Piston Cup from the movie CARS and began printing out different pictures from my computer to get more inspiration.

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Now it was time to slip and score all the sides together to hold. I found this part particularly fun because it was like putting building blocks together to make a house.