Activity: CLAY

ACTIVITY: CLAY

Remote Learning with ArtinBoxCo.

Today we are creating Relief Sculpture....

with home-made Clay. 

(New Spin on old Activity)

Home-made Dough Clay How-To:
4c. Flour
2c Salt
2c Cold Water
Storage: Tupperware or Plastic Baggie

Video: Watch "Easy Recipe for Homemade Dough Clay" on YouTube https://youtu.be/Dlgqef_ohuM

Relief 
a sculptural technique, where your sculpture remains attached to a solid background of the same material. 

The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.

Famous Relief Sculpture in the USA

Mount Rushmore

With a portion of the clay that you've made, 

roll out a surface shape. You can use a rolling pin, cup etc. Use a butter knife, if you want to finish edges.

Have kids create a figure, face, bird , foot... :)

Whatever they are interested in, with a piece of clay. Lay on top of your surface shape.

Mush or blend edges of figure into surface until they adhere to surface area.
Use household tools to create texture and shape on sculpture.

Place on cookie sheet 

and bake at 200 for 20 mins.

(More or Less depending on thickness of sculpture)

Let clay sculpture air dry.

Add Color

You can use watercolor, tempera, or make tinted water with food coloring.

Have Fun!

Create!