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This project was about recreating a souvenir for a memory out of only three materials. I used a piece of wood and painted a strip of black-blue paint. Out of that wood, I carved out forms that are similar to the shape of the mountains in monument valley, which is part of the memory my project is linked to. The memory I built this project on is connected to the road trip I took last summer with my boyfriend. We were driving from Utah's Arches National park to the Grand Canyon. On our way there we were driving through Monument Valley. Although we were very late, so we couldn't really see anything of the valley anymore. All we could see were the black and dark blue shapes of the mountains, or whatever we were able to catch without camera that night. It was a remarkable experience that I will never forget, which is why I chose to base my Memento project on this memory. This project is about 1.5 x 3 x 1.5 inches in size.

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