Vocabulary

• Shape- the element of art defined as a two dimensional plane defined by a border

• Form-the element of art defined as a three dimensional object• Geometric- A shape or form with angled sides.• Organic- A shape or form with curves relating to nature• Maquette-a sculpture that is created as a practice version; it is

typically much smaller than the final sculpture• Relief-a type of sculpture that is constrained to a flat

background• Sculpture in the Round- a type of sculpture that can be viewed

from all angles

Cardboard SculpturesCreating 3D Forms with 2D Shapes

Mark Langan

“The Guitar”Pablo Picasso

• Contructed in 1914• Abstract “Cubism”

Bartek Elsner, “This is Colossal”

Ann Weber “Untitled”

Write what you learn about the following points.

• Cutting a Geometric shape• Cutting an Organic Shape• Attaching with Glue• Attaching Cardboard at 90 degree angles• Connecting Cardboard with Slotted Cuts• Scoring Cardboard to Create Complex Forms

Cutting and Attaching with Cardboard

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Cutting and Attaching Continued

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Practice Excercise

• Demonstrate the following techniques to show proficiency before beginning your project…– Cut a Geometric Shape– Cut an Organic Shape– Build a relief with a minimum of three layers and

use the negatives to create a depression.– Assemble a Stacked maquette with at least 3 pieces

attached at 90 degree angles– Assemble two pieces of cardboard slotted together.

Objectives

• Create a three dimensional cardboard sculpture representing a real object.

• Build a maquette of the final sculpture.• The Final Sculpture must be at least 2 ft tall or

wide.• Projects will be graded on craftsmanship of

cutting, gluing, and assembling of the pieces as well as the display of the final arrangement.

For Homework

• View items that might make an interesting sculpture in cardboard.

• Option 1: Bring in one Object • Option 2: Take 6 photos of a few items from

the top, bottom, front, back, left and right sides.

More Examples and Project Ideas

Triumph of Good over Evil, 2009 (Life Sized)Chris Gilmour

http://www.chrisgilmour.com/en.opere.html

• Cardboard Lamps made by Latvian students.

Boombox, Bartek Elsner

http://www.visualnews.com/2013/06/07/massive-cardboard-boombox-brings-beats-to-zurich/

Functional Cardboard Sculpturehttp://tedrefee.blogspot.com/2010/12/winter-project.html

123D Autodesk

• Free Computer/iPad App to help you design and create cardboard sculptures. http://www.123dapp.com/

Review • Demonstrate the follow processes building

with cardboard– Cut an Organic Shape and a Geometric Shape– Create a Positive and Negative Relief (3 layers.)– Attach 3 pieces of cardboard with 90 degree

angles.– Attach 2 pieces of cardboard with a Slot or Pierce.– Utilize Scoring for a texture or Curve.

Before Building

• Make sure you have gotten homework checked off. – Brought in actual object you’re sculpting.– 6 Photos of the object you’re sculpting.

• Build the maquette before spending time building full scale sculpture.