Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson was an American sculptor who created very interesting work. Robert’s work was unique and stands out to others. He was known for his self-resemblance sculptures. The work of art I have chosen is a sculpture made by Robert. It resembles him, his face on a dog’s body. I chose this piece of art because it is very different, I have never seen an artist create work like this!

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson was known for his sense of humor. He had many collections that were also featured in the Art Institute of Chicago. The Palace at 10am is currently on display at The Nelson Gallery

Robert Ameson

Robert Ameson was an american sculptor and ceramicist who is considered as the father of funk art and includes humor in his works. Most of his works included his face making different faces and on different bodies much like this one. 

Robert Arneson

Arneson was born in California He graduated from Benicia High School and spent much of his early life as a cartoonist for a local paper.  During the start of the 1960s, Arneson and several other California artists began to abandon the traditional manufacture of functional ceramic objects and instead began to make nonfunctional sculptures that made confrontational statements. The new movement was dubbed  Funk Art,  and Arneson is considered the father of the ceramic Funk Movement

Robert Arneson

I chose this piece because I enjoy typing on my computer. I could not imagine typing on one of these because of not having a backspace. I also enjoy how the "keys" look like fingers with nail polish on them. This piece was created in 1965. Additionally, I like the glaze that was used because it makes this typewriter look old. The gold hangings up top also pop because it looks metallic compared to the eath tone colors.

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson was an American Sculptor and Ceramicist. He is considered to be the father of "funk art." He taught at UC Davis and among other schools. Much of his work includes self-portraits of him with different variations of disformities of his face. I chose this piece because I found it really creepy but yet interesting. I like the detail of the dog's body fur as well as his facial expression.

Robert Arneson

Hello everyone! This week we will be talking about Robert Arneson. Robert Arneson was born in California. He was an American sculptor and a professor of ceramics in the art department at UC Davis. A lot of his work contains many self portraits and even his large egghead sculptures bear a resemblance. I choose this piece below because the colors and realness stood out to me. I do not like how it is orange at the top of the head. I think that it should be a bit red to make it look like he is bleeding, but I understand that it is orange because the gun is shooting. This piece is very gruesome and something that should be in a horror movie. 

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson was a famous sculptor and ceramicist who was considered to be the father of Funk Art.  He was born on September 4, 1930, in California.  He studied at the California College of the Arts.  Later in his life, he began working at UC Davis as a professor of ceramics, and he worked there for three decades.  Arneson is best known for his Egghead series which is composed of odd and funny sculptures of faces that he installed around the UC Davis campus.  His art can be found in many different museums around the US including the Chicago Art Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many more.

I chose this piece because I thought it was interesting.  It looks like he is talking on the phone but it also reminds me of a cyclops because of what is over his one eye.

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Robert Arneson is considered the founder of the Funk Art Movement, a strand of Californian Pop Art focusing on absurd images of everyday objects. He worked as a cartoonist for a local newspaper in California. He then was appointed professor of ceramics at UC Davis. The piece I chose is is Robert Arneson as a Clever Old Dog. The piece is definitely very different than the pieces we have studied  already. It kind of creeps me out. I like the colorful extra pieces around the "dog." You won't find me sculpting my face and put on a dog's body!

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson was an American sculptor and ceramic professor. He used to be a cartoonist for a local newspaper. However, now he is considered the father of the ceramic Funk Movement with his very animated and expressive style. In addition, Arneson focused on self portraits and an autobiography using clay, which I found interesting. I choose this particular sculpture because it was probably one of the few that I did not find completely disturbing. I liked the details of the work in the sculpture and the fact that it resembles a dog.  

Robert Arneson

American Ceramic Sculptor

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For the blog I chose this bowl with the little smashing tool thing. I like the glaze used on this with the simple design of a flower crossing the service. I also like that this has a purpose while still looking delicate, simple, and beautiful. I think the colors work really well and the look is very pretty.

Random Piece

For this weeks blog I searched "cool ceramic projects" and this is the first image that caught my eye. This was done by a high schooler which doesn't make me feel good about the projects that I have done. I like how it is a replica of his/her hand holding a flower. I like the details in this photo.

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Sorry!!!! I did the dragon and HATED everything about it, did it again and still hated it! So I decided to make a plate since we don’t really have that. It is a chip and dip plate and it is slab and coil! Hope you’re not mad!!!!

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I have decided to blog about this pretty vase! I enjoy the design and colors of this vase. It is very simple and could be very easy to make! I have a glaze color similar to this so I can make my final project like this. The flowers are a great spring design and this could be used as a flower pot/table decoration.

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Hello everyone, we did not get a topic for this weeks blog so I decided to choose a ceramic piece of my own to talk about. Below is a picture of a slump bowl. I choose this slump because I love the shape and the colors. This ceramic piece reminds me of a flower blooming. I hope everyone had a great Easter break!

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Since there was no topic I decided to blog about whatever I wanted. I choose the Sun Dipper. I like it because it incorporates my favorite thing...food. Each piece can hold dips like guacamole, salsa, french onion dip, etc. It is really cool because the pieces are detachable. So if you don't want to use all the dippers you can store them. I love the hand painting on it. It is a bunch of different slab pieces. It can be used as a great gift for a wedding or a house warming gift. It is definitely something if given the resources and time I might be able to recreate.

Ceramic BLOG

Since there was no instruction on what to blog, I decided to do this piece. I think this piece is very unique and creative. I love how the glaze makes it looks like several different colors. Additionally, I love that there are ripples to indicate texture on the dress. I thought it was very creative to create a plate out of the flow of a dress. I would buy this sculpture because it is elegant. I could try to make this but I would definitely fail because I do not have hours in a pottery place.

Gary Jacketti

Alright it is past 4:00 pm I don't think Jacketti is going to give us a blog topic. So for this blog I am choosing to do it on our favorite ceramics professor Gary Jacketti. I think he is a suiting topic considering he has taught us a lot about ceramics throughout he semester and tolerated our "satisfactory" work.
This is one of Gary Jacketti's sculptures which is displayed at West Point Military Academy. The statue is meant to represent kids who are separated from their parents due to them joining the military. I have no idea how he made it (maybe slab), but I am sure it took a long time to make. I think the sculpture has a beautiful meaning because being a psychology major I know it is hard on children who are separated from their main caregivers. Nice work Jacketti!

Final Project

I plan on making what was originally my slump project into my final independent project. I spent a lot of time on this piece and I think this is the best ceramic bowl I have created. It brings in the nature aspect into the art which I always loved and I liked the idea of adding acorns in the middle to hide the weird break where the leaves meet at the bottom of the bowl. Once I had my brown glaze on it then I am sure it will look a lot more like the fall.