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internal compass

the mask is a large owl person representing the internal compass, the sight that guides sean and me and our relatives here in the northwest as we make our way from displacement in dominant culture to connection.

first i cut a slab of clay then pounded and rolled it out.

...next i made a paper armature and laid over it the flattened clay

...then i built and scored the basic shapes of my idea

...and final raw/wet sculpture