First 3d Project: Process

Step 1- I had to buy a wooden board for this project. My teacher, Paulo, said we could ask this guy named Chico to make us one for 10 reals. When he said this, he pointed to what seemed at the time to be across the street from the school. After walking around the whole block trying to find a small woodshop where a guy named Chico worked, i ran into this girl that had already bought hers. She took us to Chico, and he was literally right where the teacher pointed to. Theres a little room right across the classroom, apparently he lives and works inside the school. So after i had the board, i put a garbage bag over it (to protect the wood from water, im guessing), and then put the nails in (i havent touched a hammer since 9th grade).

After that i had to begin applying the clay, this took me about 1 hour to get into it, at first i was trying not to get it into my nails. A few hours later i realized that was impossible and i had to stop being such a girl. I got shit all over my hands, ohh and the best part is we cant get clay in the sinks so if we have clay on our hands we cant wash it off in the sink!. So i did what everyone does in a situation like this, i waited till the teacher left the classroom and then washed my hands. i know its horrible and the sink is probably going to start flooding in a few weeks, but as a student i have every right to demand a healthy working enviroment . hahThis is after i applied the first layer of clay. It was a huge work out.