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   Everyone agreed … it does sound a bit disgusting. The thing to remember that the cat didn’t add any material to the litter( we think).  Also, get the cheap, NON-CLUMPING stuff. We really don’t know if clumping cat litter works!

   What you have is a really nice clay body to work with when you process it, but it shrinks while drying … a lot.  Along with the clay, there are bits of charcoal and what we assume is some chlorophillic substance to reduce odors when the cat does it’s bid’ness. Processing is a little rough on the hands because of the additions.

   Only the brave in the Ceramics Studio will even consider touching the stuff when it ‘comes of age’ in around March, so stay in touch … it fires a great reddish orange, and works well in a pit kiln because it vitrifies nicely at lower temps. Yummy.

To become familiar with the differences between ’shape’ and ‘form’, students created sculptural work by turning flat shapes into dimensional forms. These are just a few of the many excellent examples from class.

Students seem to pick up working on the wheel in a short time. Most of these pieces are 4-8 inches in diameter … as always click to enlarge.

This site features the work of my students at Naugatuck High School. It will also include helpful information about creative techniques related to the projects we are working on both in and out of class.

...If you gather all the ways you might turn out in one room, they would all look vastly different, because each experience contains something great and terrible... HLB, 2009

This website is under construction. Check back frequently for updates as work progresses.

Click on an image to view full size. Students started by contructing a papier mache base, then altered and added as they progressed.