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This was probably one of the most important things in my project through the whole process because it acted as an armature which means that it supported the slab so that it could mold to the shape I wanted it to and it was able to keep that shape and not flatten

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This was the starting process I still had no idea what I was going for but it began to resemble vines I would have to roll out the clay and cross them together

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This was the current state near the due date I raised it pretty high and I hard lots of trouble because as I continued building up it got a little messy and it was bothering me but I just kept cleaning it with a sponge in hopes that it would look smooth

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Because of the vines being interlaced I needed to fill in the inside of the cup or else there would be

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Just like i stated before I needed to cover up the holes but I wanted to smooth it out and make it look a bit more cleaner

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This was on the day of grading I really wanted to add something else and I added the leafs on the rim of the cup because I felt like it really gave it something that it was missing although it was a simple addition it was kinda difficult making the leafs look nice and I’m still going to continue working on cup

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At this point of the mask I already molded the face but it was just plain, I had no clue of what I wanted to do but then I thought about how cool honeycombs looked so I decided to throw some on there and i really liked the way it was looking so i continued with that pattern,
on the left I wasn’t sure how I was gonna do an eye but I thought about a flower taking the place of the eye and as soon as I carved it into the left side of the face i thought it could end up looking really nice, all together I was going for more of a nature bee theme

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a closer look at the honeycomb side of the mask

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A closer look at the flower (eye)

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1/2/22 I began to carve the area around the flower to make it pop out more so give it more of a 3D look

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2/2/22
Wanted the honeycomb to be more 3D so it could actually pop out I really liked the way it was turning out so I stuck with it

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I think making the nose was a part that I had trouble on because I felt like it wasn’t perfect and I wanted it to look a certain way, but every time I tried something different it didn’t look right so I kinda used my own nose by touching it and feeling how the bridge is to help me mold the nose.
The mouth- it looked very different then when I started it but i decided to squeeze it together and although the lips  don’t look super pretty I liked the shape of it

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This newspaper acted as an armature which pretty much means it acted as a support for the mask so that it could give it a more round shape and to keep the slap from flattening and I used it the whole time so that my mask wouldn’t just flatten out

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This was my original idea I wanted to make something similar to this album cover with that headpiece so I molded the face similar but as soon as I made the little honeycomb design I stuck with it and I’m really happy on how it’s turning out

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I hallowed out the nose here and used a paintbrush to smoothen the inside and it looks funny cause it left a texture and it looks like nose hair

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I added these lines because I was kinda going for some sort of a sun beam look like the flower itself is emitting the beams

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Final - i started with a different idea than what i ended up with and i think that's kinda cool mainly because i was able to just let my own creativity take the place of my inspo and i was able to come up with something that was completely my own. My main takeaways would be better planning so that i felt like i knew what i was doing the whole time and i also was able to gain a better understanding with the drying process and when the times right to carve because if its still soft there will be boogers everywhere and if its leather hard then im able to carve without having to worry about the mess and overall it just looks cleaner. Im happy with my end product and a few people said it looks scary which i think is funny because i wanted to try and make a spooky mask that you'd see in a horror movie. But i really liked the nature look with the honeycombs, the flower and the sun beams. however something that i feel bad about is that i definitive could have added more

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My mug was definitely heartbreaking process and although i still need to finish my mug i was so sad about my handle braking multiple times, just when i thought i was able to figure out how to place a handle and everything was going well my brother broke my handle by accident when i wasnt home...            I wanted to try throwing at first but i am terrible at throwing and handcrafting always seems so fun when its come to making models or projects but i decided to start with throwing because i might as well give it a shot and very quickly i didnt do so hot. So i went to hand building.

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My mug was definitely heartbreaking process and although i still need to finish my mug i was so sad about my handle braking multiple times, just when i thought i was able to figure out how to place a handle and everything was going well my brother broke my handle by accident when i wasnt home...            I wanted to try throwing at first but i am terrible at throwing and handcrafting always seems so fun when its come to making models or projects but i decided to start with throwing because i might as well give it a shot and very quickly i didnt do so hot. So i went to hand building.

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Okay so this was my first mug and I clearly messed up because I didn’t smooth the clay And get all those cracks out which isn’t good cause then it ends up making the clay not as reliable and just really not stuck together, thankfully Mr.Stout caught me and told me what I needed to do so I needs up fixing it!

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Now comes the process of making my mug look nice I used these strips of clay to give my mug character i really wanted to go for a medieval look like those super cool log mugs, I cut these out smoothed them and attached them to my mug

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This is how those strips turned out and ended up on my mug

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This is what I’d like to call my naked mug just because well it looks kinda naked haha, but clearly it has the handle on already the handles were definitely my biggest challenge and I made around like 7 of them

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BOOM! These were the handles i really had a fun time making because they looked super cool and aggressive and overall I just enjoyed getting the look I was going for, for the handles I rolled some clay and cut them out I didn’t trace anything I just kinda went for it

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These a few seconds later disaster struck WHICH was my fault completely for letting it dry out to much.

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This is where the fun began I attached a new handle fixes it up and I got a demonstration on how to carve out the clay so make it look like wood and I would spend a lot of time trying to make it as perfect as possible and I had such a fun time figuring it out because I really did enjoy making each one look different

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This is overall the whole look of the mug I really did love how it turned out and I took my time because it’s going to be a gift for my brother so I wanted to take as  much time doing it making sure I don’t rush it or mess up

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Then once again disaster struck… I arrived home after a day with friends and first thing that came out of my brothers mouth was don’t be mad but “I hit your mug by accident and it broke” I said to myself I’ll make another and that it’s okay because after all the mug technically belongs to him but it kinda hurt to see my product break I felt devastated but I will fix this mug and make a better handle so I can gift this mug confidently. Although I have yet to do my handle I shall finish it.

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Overall I enjoyed the process of hand building mug especially since it was made for someone else I feel like I put more effort into it then I did with other items that I’ve made for myself, kinda cool knowing that you put more time and love into what you’re making when it’s being made for another person I learned new things even if they were the hard-way at times I still learned. I  want to put in the same effort from this piece into others.

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OKAY BOWLS i started off bowls with attempting to hand build for the first week and i totally failed im not sure why but my handcrafting skills were pretty bad when it came to making bowls i looked at pictures for inspo but nothing really sparked my interest. so after trying to make a bowl out of vines i decided to go and try throwing on the wheel. now my history with the wheel isnt so hot and i wish i took time to go after school and practice more but i always had work shifts right after my 5th period on Tuesdays. Anyways the start was pretty rocky well the whole time it was always pretty rocky BUT i managed to throw my first bowl it looks even and it wasn't too thick man i thought i was gonna become a pro after that one but then i messed up only a few minutes into my 2nd one this process repeated itself i made one and then messed up like 5 times trying to make my next and again and again until i came out with 5 bowls which isnt as much as i wish i made, but im glad i have something to donate. It was fun to make bowls knowing that they would go to a good cause and it was nice to see everyone work hard and efficient. The glazing process was also super fun because so much bowls came put with unique looks and color combination. The glazing process was definitely my favorite part of the project because i had fun using the spray gun.

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I was quite late to the plate and I wasn’t able to make it till recently I’m happy with how it came out and it was easier than my bowl making experience however I do think it came out pretty thick which isn’t good cause then it will go BOOM when fire but luckily it won’t be fired so it won’t go BOOM I wish I tried making it sooner so I could have time to fire it, but even then I’m happy with it now.