8th Paper Sculptures

Task: with a sheet of heavy-weight drawing paper and a pair of scissors, create a sculpture. This opens up a great discussion on what does the term 'sculpture' mean. A collaborative definition leads us to 'a 3-dimensional artwork created by molding hard or plastic material.'
What makes paper plastic? All the ways you can manipulate it:

• cutting
• creasing/scoring/folding
• curling
• tearing
• piercing
• weaving
• winding
• wrinkling/crumpling
• layering
• joining
• modeling
• casting
• decoration
• combining with other media

click on the link to see student samples.