Spirits of the Rumpus Wild are small paper based sculptures inspired by stories and items drawn from The Well. Focused on light, shadow and shadow play, the sculptures are internally illuminated and installed alongside the collaborative large sculptures as a field of floating, glowing sculptures in the gallery space. Each sculpture comprises of three parts, a lantern, lighting components and stand/base.
This workshop outline is for the Lantern component only, as input is required to create the other parts.
Time requirements (prep): 2.5 hours
1 hour CNC cutting of corrugated and single core cardboard strips, 1 hour of other material prep including rolling paper sticks, mixing glue and sharpening knives, ½ hour to set up workshop and pack down.
Time requirements (workshop): 2 hours / 3hours (session plans below for both)
The workshop is designed to take two hours, require little-to-no technology to deliver and be transmissible to any interested parties. The complexity can also be scaled.
Materials: cardboard (corrugated and single core cardboard/ boxes, paper (cartridge or printing), tapes (masking or clear), glues (PVA and/or hot glue), baking paper (cheap and not glossy), bamboo skewers,
Tools: box cutters, scissors, cutting mats, staplers, hot glue guns (if available), glue paintbrushes, small budgets with lid to mix and store glue
LIGHTING COMPONENTS
Time requirements: 1hr (this is a guess - TBA?)
– need input from Byron/others who know how long this takes?
Materials: TBA
Tools: TBA
STANDS
Time requirements: 0.5 hr (this is an optimistic estimate, probably 1hr would be better)
Materials: TBA
Tools: TBA
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Skinning using shown techniques
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Photo release forms, creative commons and wiki documentation
(10 mins)
Note: where participants finish early, they can make the stands, perhaps multiples for the group
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Photo release forms and wiki documentation
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Cardboard (and paper) are ubiquitous, cheap (or free), recyclable and versatile. They can be fashioned with basic tools, and joined with common, safe glues. Their ready availability and low cost also makes them ideal for iterative design. Like all materials, cardboard has unique properties that require specific techniques for best use.
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Standard lampshade fittings mean some aspects of your design are already fixed.
The attachment washer is shown below: slots are 3mm wide.
By no means an exhaustive list, but these methods seem to work: