Some Paper Sculptures

Here are some examples of making paper stand up. The variations are endless and present a wonderful segue into experiencing how a material usually considered and utilized as a 2-D form can be transformed into its opposite. 3-D is an entirely different form that brings an artwork into the same space as the maker. It points to an entirely different orientation and calls upon the maker to consider the space he or she occupies as part and parcel of a new set of conceptual demands, both emotional and physical worlds can be reinvested with new meanings.

We are moving on now to actual 3-D forms in wood. Shapes that are three-dimensional have different names to distinguish their transformation. For instance, circles are now spheres, squares are now cubes, triangles are now cones or pyramids and so on. It is a conceptual leap for many Kindergarten children and for some first graders. I have seen them in the past when first moving in their observations from 2-D to 3-D, call a sphere a circle or a cone a triangle. Then too the language of description changes, next to becomes much more like under or behind, or far away and closer. Angles of perception bring a whole new vocabulary for my ELLs physically as I ask them, "What do you see now?".