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Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson. Ceramics. Robert Arneson. DOB-1930 Nationality- American Medium- Ceramics. Robert Arneson. Worked as a cartoonist for a local newspaper in California. Arneson loved making art about society and the world around him. Robert Arneson.

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Robert Arneson

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  1. Robert Arneson Ceramics

  2. Robert Arneson • DOB-1930 • Nationality- American • Medium- Ceramics

  3. Robert Arneson • Worked as a cartoonist for a local newspaper in California. • Arneson loved making art about society and the world around him.

  4. Robert Arneson • He continued drawing during this time period of his life and stayed away from 3D mediums such as ceramics/clay. This was his least favorite class!!!

  5. Robert Arneson • He attended Oakland in California and received his MFA. (Master of Fine Arts.) Highest degree you could receive in the art world!

  6. Robert Arneson • Began developing his own artistic style as a ceramicist • In the 1960’s Arneson was known as the “Father of Funk.” Funk-an art movement inspired by popular culture that used an unlikely mixture of materials and techniques, including found objects.

  7. Robert Arneson • During the Funk Movement Arneson continued to work with clay and other found objects.

  8. Losing His Marbles • Date: 1965 • Materials: Clay, Glaze, marbles and other found objects • Artist: Robert Arneson

  9. Robert Arneson • In his later years in life he was diagnosed with cancer. During this time his artwork took a much darker tone. He later lost his battle to cancer in 1992.

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  13. Robert Arneson Fatal Laff

  14. Robert Arneson General Nuke

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  16. Robert Arneson Family and Friends

  17. Robert Arneson Pollock

  18. Word Wall Terms What is clay? Clay is decomposed fine particles of granite-type rock.

  19. Ways of working with clay • Acoilis a rolled “wormlike” piece of clay. It can be stacked on top of each other to form objects.

  20. A slab is a flat piece of clay

  21. The pinch method is using the fingers and thumbs to pinch the clay into shape.

  22. Preparing the clay for use • Wedging: the process of folding clay over, working it with the heel of the hand to get a uniform consistency and rid it of air • Just like kneading bread dough! • Gets rid of air bubbles so clay does not explode in the kiln

  23. Slipis liquid or watered down clay. Used for joining 2 pieces or smoothing surfaces.

  24. Joining two pieces of clay • Score and slipthe process of putting cross-hatch marks and slip where two sides come together • Seals clay together

  25. Plasticity is workability; flexibility. This is clay ready to be sculpted with.

  26. Leather-hardmost of the moisture is gone • less plastic • good for building

  27. Greenware a completed bone-dry piece of clay • Has not been fired in the kiln

  28. Tools • needle tool a pointed tool used to score and cut clay pieces.

  29. loop tool a tool with a loop at the end used for “scooping” out excess clay

  30. Modeling tool • A tool used to smooth, mold, and move the clay into its desired form

  31. kiln an oven used to fire clay • Our projects will be fired at ~2000 degrees

  32. Bisquewareclay that has been fired once.

  33. glaze • a glass-like paint used to cover the surface of a piece of clay. Becomes glossy and shiny in the kiln. •  used to decorate, strengthen, or waterproof a piece of clay

  34. 3 1 2 4

  35. ADDITION IN CLAYHow would we get these additions to stay fixed to our clay box?

  36. RELIEF (SUBTRACTION) IN CLAY

  37. What tools could we use to subtract clay from the surface? • Needle tool • Loop tool

  38. Template • A piece of paper or cardboard that shows what size and shape your clay piece will look like • We cut around it so that clay slabs are all the exact same size

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