tape sculptures

I saw the idea for tape sculptures a few months ago on Marko's blog. I knew that I wanted to try them out at some point, probably for a SWIFT. Check out one of our junior high group's creations:


It is in fact the torso of one of our boys and the leg of another's for a head. There were challenges in dealing with the attention span of junior high boys (the girls could have spent the entire evening working on this...just an observation, not a comment on gender in particular), but some of them really got into it. We covered kid's bodies with saran wrap and then layers upon layers of packing tape. We eventually stuffed the inside of them with some newspaper to give it some extra bulk before we took them to a park to photograph.

Other than that, May and the first week of June has been a complete blur. I'm digging out of my office after a hectic week following a week of vacation. More meaningful posts to follow, I think.