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The Cardboard Construction Project
No full textA limitation, restriction, or constraint can force us to consider previously unimagined possibilities. In the Cardboard Construction Project, the restriction is a material one. In preparing the materials for this project, I take cardboard and cut or score* it in as many ways as I can think of.
What will quickly become apparent is the surprising variety of forms that can be generated by altering a single material.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1002/thumbnail.jp
The Ink Drawing Project
No full textIn this project, the children have before them a piece of paper 42” high that is pinned to the wall. A child is given a length of bamboo about as long as they are tall, to which a brush has been inserted. Because the handle of the brush is so long, even a small movement of a child’s hand can create a startlingly long mark on their large paper. This is a thrilling experience for a child, and it offers the opportunity to create a very different vocabulary of marks than they could with a small brush.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1008/thumbnail.jp
The Attached Shapes Project
No full textBecause this project ‘grows’ in a linear manner (one thing added to another), it often provides striking insight into how a child’s visual ideas unfold as they work.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1000/thumbnail.jp
The Tall Box Sculpture Project
No full textA free-standing sculpture offers a completely different experience than what was true of projects which end up affixed to a wall. There is now the opportunity to create an object that occupies the same space the child’s own body occupies.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1014/thumbnail.jp
The Hanging Sculpture Project
No full textThe combining of disparate materials and distinct visual rhythms give these hanging sculptures an improvisational character and a jazz-like musicality.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1006/thumbnail.jp
The Entwined Shape Project
No full textThis project is excellent for making children aware of the shape of the space between painted forms. It also provides an opportunity to point out how the shape of these spaces relates to the cardboard shapes they have painted.
The Entwined Shape project functions as a compliment to the Attached Shapes Project.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1005/thumbnail.jp
The Divided Box Project
No full textFor this project I use a broad variety of cardboard materials, along with some wood and paper materials, but I avoid materials with other color. The reason for doing this is to bring more attention to the different textures of the materials that are available.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1004/thumbnail.jp
The Shoe Project
No full textTaking an object that is generally associated with a single common purpose and using it for an entirely different purpose is more than just a mischievous, aesthetic diversion—it is a deeply liberating act with considerable implications. It demonstrates an ability to see past the conventions and mental habits that usually limit our thinking. It is an ability that goes to the very heart of invention—not just aesthetic invention, but creative thinking itself.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1010/thumbnail.jp
The Standing Screen Project
No full textIn this project, children use rollers rather than brushes to paint on “scored’’ cardboard shapes. “Scored” is a term which means essentially to cut lightly. With cardboard, it means to cut the face-paper of just one side of the cardboard and not cut all the way through the material. A scored piece of cardboard folds very easily along the scored lines.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1011/thumbnail.jp
Tools, Mats, and Methods for Cutting Materials
No full textThe material that has been essential to many projects is cardboard. Lightweight, sturdy, inexpensive and easy to shape, cardboard is a remarkably versatile material. It can also be seen as difficult to cut. With the right tools and cutting surface, this need not be the case.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1016/thumbnail.jp