This project was inspired by an artist name Jane Kaufmann. She uses clay to make her works of art. For this project the object was to make an orb to memorialize a person, idea, or anything that once was but isn't any longer. Some people chose to do a person, like a family member or a celebrity. Others chose a fad or a place. I chose to do an extinct animal. It comes from the Giant Tortoise family. It generally lived on tropical islands. So I made a pinch pot for the shell, then I made a slab and trace the bottom of the pinch pot so that it would fit. Then I slipped and scored them together. I added a coil around it to make them seem together better. I made the head, tail and feet and attached them. Then I made the lines on the back of his shell and I carved in a face for him. On his back I made some flowers and attached them to represent his habitat. They're tropical flowers since he lived on a tropical island.