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3D Sculpture 50s



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Answer all of the following questions truthfully and thoughtfully.

1. Student name(s): Gary

2. Period of time selected: 1950's

3. Brief description of project including medium used: Clay sculpture of girl at her desk in chemistry class.

4. Why did you choose this medium and in a perfect world, what medium would you have chosen? Because it was easiest for me to use clay and I wanted it in 3 dimensions. In a perfect world, I would have used a dimensions program on the computer.

5. What do you think are some of the limitations of this project (any aspect)? It has to have a basis in reality.

6. What do you recommend to other students beginning this project? Think long and hard and then do it.

7. What would you do differently? I would have made it bigger.

8. What problems did you run into and how did you solve them?
Making her fingers - I made mittens.
Making her face - I left her ugly.

9. Do you think the process was as important as the product for you? Why or why not? Yes, the process was more fun.

10. Additional comments

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