Paper Sculpture and Design: The Meeting of 2D and 3D

This course merges two-dimensional imagery and three-dimensional forms. Students will be invited to transform works on paper, prints, photographs, old paper scrap materials, and abandoned paper art projects into 3D forms. Paper will be studied as a material with the unique ability to both hold information on its surface and be sculpted into an object. Issues of simultaneity will be addressed: When can a line in space also present itself as a drawing? How can an object be at once both an image and a sculpture? Students will examine the lightweight and portable nature of paper as catalyst for working site-specifically. Maquettes and modular and expandable forms will be considered for their possibilities within the contemporary art and design worlds. Students will learn techniques for working both very large and very small, and will gain an understanding of the theoretical and conceptual backings of working in this versatile medium as they produce works in both 2D and 3D formats, and learn to move between the two.