Clay Smiles Spread Smiles

Feature

By Dylan Maheu

Husky Herald Reporter

“Everyone can use a little smile…”

  The clay smiles are a project that has been done by Port Huron Northern High School’s art department for several years now.   This phrase truly represents what this project is all about.

  “The project was first started in 2013,” said Mrs. Brown, a teacher in the art department at Port Huron Northern.

The smiles are a simple and fun little project for the art students to do. It takes just two minutes to make one of these clay smiles.

  The original idea of the project was given to Mrs. Hussey, the Port Huron Northern ceramics teacher, by the mother of one of her students. “She was a kindergarten teacher and she said that she wanted something that she could give out to her students,” said Mrs. Hussey.

  After it proved to be a rousing success Mrs. Hussey continued the project in hopes of getting more student artwork outside of the building.  Once a smile is made, they are attached to a card that details what they are and who they were made by.

  The back of the card also features a QR Code that provides a link to http://phnmadeyousmile.weebly.com/.

This website provides more information on what the project is about.

  This includes an image gallery, some project comments, and a location where you can submit comments or questions that you have about the project.  The site also provides a link to an article from the Port Huron Times Herald about the project.

  The clay smiles can be passed out anywhere that you go. You can leave them sitting on a bus, on your desk at work, the counter at a restaurant, or even at a funeral home.