A menacing gray wolf greets you at the door, a red-tailed hawk is in the horizon and a rock crab seems to be burrowing in the sand. These are not real animals, but the creations of students from the DePaul Center in Westport. It was hard to get the mixture to fit into the crack and then do the detail. The collection of sculptures will be displayed from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the 573 Adamsville Road campus. Refreshments will be served.
Admission is free.
Mr. Kay, who was awarded a Helen K. Ellis Grant to work with the teens, has tried to instill in them an appreciation of nature and art. The kids had to choose what kind of animal they wanted to make, study it and write about it for class. After the students chose their animal, Mr. Kay shaped fence wire into the appropriate form and the students took it from there. The had to cut up strips of newspaper and place each strip on the form to create the mold. Once dried, the students covered the mold with a mixture of ground paper, glue and water.