Pixelated sprite of Katt from Breath of Fire 2 for the Super Nintendo. She is the inspiration for this sculpture
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The second day of the Carving Process. Still just slightly wet, or "leather hard" (forgot to photograph the "pinch" phase of constuction when the clay is fully wet)
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Side View
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Back View
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Side View
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Front View (Lower)
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Other Side
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Nice Tail... er, I mean, what?
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After first-firing, With Glaze, Awaiting final firing
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The Glaze hides several types of colored slip, blue on her shirt, rutile stripes on her legs and tail, and iron on her hair.
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Kiln mishap! Katt's tail did not provide adequate support, and soft clays like Jamaican Black can sometimes bend before they break. She leaned backwards, and someone's vase caught her
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The glaze on the vase fused to Katt's ear very solidly. I couldn't just break it, because it could have broken at any place along the length of her ear, or worse yet, her neck (very fragile neck!)
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Ear/vase bond from behind. The particular glaze on the vase is called "Moe's Blue-Green" and is notorious for being "runny", although in a situation like this with one piece resting against another, ANY glaze would have acted as glue.
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I broke one grinding wheel without making more than a scratch before a fellow student pointed out that nothing less than a diamond blade would do the job. With half an hour of dremel work, ear and vase were separated
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Katt rests her ear, now free from the vase and only slightly marred. The vase survived with some scarring, which its owner can cover up with a re-glazing.
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