I started by digging through the recycling to find cardboard. Once I found a good box I began to cut it into different shapes. I then connected the different shapes by cutting slits in the cardboard. Then, I hot glued the pieces that needed extra reinforcement. After the sculpture was built, I took it to my partner’s house to use his spray paint. I spray painted half of it black and the other half white because I wanted to create a duality between a light and dark side.

Using posca pens, I drew patterns on each of the different pieces of cardboard. On the black side I drew with white pen and on the white side I drew with red, blue, green and yellow. I was going to make the whole thing black and white but I decided that was too predictable. I really like how the drawings ended up transforming the sculpture.

This was a challenging assignment for me because 3D work is usually way out of my comfort zone. Overall, I’m happy with how it turned out.