CLAY WITH ROBERT ARNESON NOTES& STUDY GUIDE
Name____________________________________________ Period ____________ Date____
Who is the artist we will be studying for this unit?__________________________________________
What medium (material) did this artist work with? ________________________________________
DOB-_______________________
Nationality- __________________
Robert Arneson worked as a ______________________________ for a local newspaper in ______________.
Arneson loved making art about _______________ and the _____________________ around him.
He continued ________________________ during this time period of his life and stayed away from
___________ mediums such as _______________________________. This was his least favorite class!!!
He attended Oakland in California and received his ___________(___________________________)
Highest degree you could receive in the art world!
Began developing _____________________________________________________ as a
________________________________.
In the _______________’s Arneson was known as the “________________________________________.”
______________________:an art movement that used an unlikely mixture of materials and techniques
During the _________________ Arneson continued to work with ________ and other ___________________.
Title: ____________________________________
Date: _____________________________
Materials: Clay, ____________,marbles and other found objects
Artist: _________________________
Word Wall Terms
______________________ : decomposed fine particles of granite-type rock.
Ways of working with clay
______________: a rolled “wormlike” piece of clay. It can be stacked on top of each other to form objects.
______________: a flat piece of clay
______________: using the fingers and thumbs to pinch the clay into shape.
Preparing the clay for use
__________________: 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 __________________ so clay does not explode in the ______________.
________________________: liquid or watered down clay. Used for joining 2 pieces or smoothing surfaces.
____________&_________ _: the process of putting cross-hatch marks and slip where two sides come
together; Seals clay together
________________________: is workability; flexibility. This is clay ready to be sculpted with.
________________________: most of the moisture is gone; less plastic ; good for building
________________________: a completed bone-dry piece of clay; Has not been fired in the kiln
Tools
_________________: a pointed tool used to score and cut clay pieces.
_________________: a tool with a loop at the end used for “scooping” out excess clay
________________: a tool used to smooth, mold, and move the clay into its desired form
Firing the clay
__________________: an oven used for firing clay
________________________: clay that has been fired once.
_________________: a glass-like paint used to cover the surface of a piece of clay. Becomes glossy and
shiny in the kiln.
_________________ IN CLAY (adding clay onto another piece of clay)
How would we get these additions to stay fixed to our clay box? ___________________&________________
________________:(SUBTRACTION) IN CLAY
What tools could we use to subtract clay from the surface? ___________________&____________________
__________________________: a piece of paper or cardboard that shows what size and shape your piece
will look like; used to trace around on slabs of clay