Guest artist Robert Lee talks about his special paper sculptures of Cher, Oprah, a rabbit and fish, and then demonstrates his techniques, which are modeled after those he found in a book called Paper Sculptures. For display purposes, Robert recommends using a box from a Lucite frame, since it can be re-cut to produce an inside shadow box to showcase the sculpture.
Steps:
- Sketch a design indicating where the raised paper pieces will be.
- Draw this image onto colored paper, cut part of it out, and score the areas that will be folded.
- Shape some of the pieces and attach them to foam core to provide dimension, and glue other pieces directly to the backing.
Variation:
- Begin with a snapshot (which can be enlarged at a copy center if it is too small), and make a sketch of the photo by tracing over the person's features.
- Make several photocopies of the sketch so that there are enough for the various layers.
- Create templates of each facial characteristic - nose, mouth, eyes, ears, hair, etc. - from the copies.
- Cut the characteristics from colored paper and paste identical pieces on top of each other to provide dimension.
Resources More Paper Sculpture: A Step-by-Step Guide
by Kathleen Ziegler (ISBN: 0688153798)
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here to order this title.
F & W Publications
Website:
www.fwpublications.comPaper Sculpture
by John Lancaster
This title is out of print. Locate copies at local libraries, used book stores or through book searches.
Paper Sculpture: A Step-By-Step Guide
by Kathleen Ziegler, Nick Greco (ISBN: 1564963292)
F & W Publications
Website:
www.fwpublications.comPapercraft Projects With One Piece of Paper
by Michael Grater, Geoffrey Goode (ISBN: 0486255042 )
Dover Publications Inc.
31 East 2nd St.
Mineola, NY 11501-3852
US
Website:
store.doverpublications.com
The Art and Craft of Paper Sculpture
by Paul Jackson (ISBN: 0801988748)
A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating 20 Outstanding and Original Paper Projects.
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Krause Publications
Website:
www.krause.com
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