How funny (though I guess not really) that you mention cat urns. How much clay do you use for these? I need to make a couple and have never done so. Thanks!
I use a little over a pound for the body of the jar. The lids I throw off the hump. Cat cremains are only a very small amount of ash, about a half cup. I was all weirded out when I first got this order, as I am a real cat lover; but then I decided that a cat lover is exactly who really SHOULD be making these urns.
Thanks for the info! I figured they would not have to be very big. It is an odd request for me, as I know the cats. The one that is still alive is nothing but skin and bones, so I'm sure his remains will be next to nothing.
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Lori Keenan Watts (aka me) is a potter, gardener, and avid reader from Augusta, Maine. Though I started my university education in surface design for fabric, clay quickly grabbed me by the heart and redirected my creative impulses. I have been a potter for over 25 years -- hard to believe. The most valuable years of my ceramic education were spent in graduate study at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, under the tutalage of Dan Anderson and Paul Dresang.
My aesthetic is guided by my love of the material itself. What fascinates me and makes a pot compelling for me is the clay-ness of clay: the squooshiness that becomes the adamantine solidity. I also like patterns, unexpected proportions, and when the flame comes along and dissolves part of my careful decorating efforts! I am obstinate about this aesthetic, to a point which might be called pig-headed, but hey, if you don't like what you make, why bother?
My happy little family also includes my husband, musician and photographer (and author of the book Alewife) Doug Watts; five cats; and a turtle, all foundlings and rescues of one stripe or another.
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How funny (though I guess not really) that you mention cat urns. How much clay do you use for these? I need to make a couple and have never done so. Thanks!
I use a little over a pound for the body of the jar. The lids I throw off the hump. Cat cremains are only a very small amount of ash, about a half cup.
I was all weirded out when I first got this order, as I am a real cat lover; but then I decided that a cat lover is exactly who really SHOULD be making these urns.
Thanks for the info! I figured they would not have to be very big. It is an odd request for me, as I know the cats. The one that is still alive is nothing but skin and bones, so I'm sure his remains will be next to nothing.
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