Seth CzaplewskiMFA 2014Washington University in St. Louis

Recycling through ceramics

Paper

Unused clays left in a group studio, contaminated clay, excavated clay from a building project

Wad, wash, unwanted and broken pots

- Paper

- Clay abandoned in a group studio, contaminated clay, or excavated clay from another project

- Wad, wash, unwanted and broken ceramics

Not only to reduce waste

as a ceramicist, but to interact with

the public about

sustainable practices.

Technical

Artistic

Paper clay and Paper slipsPaper clay (cone 10) Paper slip (cone 6)

Paper pulp (to taste) 80 LBS water

Sand (to taste) Minimum 3 pounds Paper pulp

36% Hawthorne Bond Fire Clay 25% EPK

18.5% EPK 25% Ball Clay

18.5% Gold Art 25% Silica

9% Ball Clay 25% Neph SY

9% XX Sagger Suspension agent of choice

9% G200 I use Darven 11

Artistic examples of paper slip

-Clay abandoned in a group studio,

-Contaminated clay,

-Excavated clay from another project

Cob

• Clay• Sand• Straw

What can be done with wad, wash, and abandoned ceramics

?

Bio CharTera PretaBlack Earth

Activated Charcoal

-Heat without oxygen under 1200F

- Can be done in a barrel, kiln, a hole in the ground that is smothered, on an industrial level.

Why make Bio Char?

• It sequesters atmospheric carbon in the ground

• It helps eliminate toxins in the ground and water

• Agricultural test’s show it can increase yields up to 800% in some studies

• Beneficial bacteria thrive in bio char soils• It improves the soil for thousands of years

by storing nutrients