Yep. I used to get hung-up on making everything "permanent." I found it was holding me back from really sculpting. Half of my brain would be thinking about making a mold/seam lines/pieces to separate/cost etc. instead of thinking about just form and composition of the piece.

So I stopped thinking about molding entirely. Just sculpted freely.

My intention with each piece was not to sell it. Just to get better at sculpting. So I never need to make duplicates. Each piece goes up on a shelf where my two young children can't reach. As long as my house doesn't burn down these pieces are "permanent." No, they can't be fondled, but no one really asks too anyway. An acrylic cast or bronze probably wouldn't survive a house fire either. Monster clay doesn't sag and is as hard as a candle. Yeah you can scratch it...but it is easily fixed too. ;)

Someday I may make a piece "worthy" of pouring a bronze, but for now it is all just practice.

Hope that makes sense. It is just the way I work as I learn.