cardboard art

cardboard in art is used in different forms and states. Often artists find that discarded and old cardboard, like the one found on the streets, is best suitable for their visualized critical attacks on contemporary consumerist culture and high art, while for others the condition of material, being either found, reused or new, is emptied out of contextual meaning and serves for pure aesthetic explorations. The modes and tools used for the manipulation of recycled cardboard are relatively simple, and include scissors, glue, and X-Acto blades, among others. Material itself can be manipulated in different ways in design, arts and crafts, not just by cutting, painting, bending, gluing or combining of pieces together, but also through manipulations of the texture itself. Instead of preserving its visual recognizability, cardboard in the hands of artists is often transformed into visual resemblances of other materials.

you love working with cardboard. Why? For starters, it's abundant. Cardboard sneaks into your home every time you bring in groceries and sundries, and you can get boxes for free at most stores just by asking for them. Then there's the fact that you can build big things with it, using only some tape or glue. Finally, cardboard craft can be recycled, so it's ecofriendly. I've made hundreds of cardboard craft projects, ranging from small milk-carton houses to cars and huts big enough for my three girls, ages 4, 5, and 7, to play inside. plan, develop, and construct these toys. The three projects on the following pages were originally built and played with by my family. They also appeared on my cardboard craft and sewing, where you can find instructions for making the seven other crafts shown at right. Here's are some fun projects using cardboard material, Paper & Cardboard.