3D Art Lab for Kids

INTRODUCTION

This book is all about making art that pops out, stands up, swings from the ceiling, or makes you walk around it. My first real encounter with 3-D art was in a 3-D art and design class in college. My professor gave us our first assignment with paper. It was to take a flat piece of paper and make it into a sphere. I was a freshman and easily daunted—but this assignment rocked my world! (It also introduced me to the art of origami.)

Since that class, and other 3-D media courses I took in college, I have had the privilege to hone my 3-D skills under the guidance of some incredible artists and instructors. I transformed some of these experiences into lessons for my students and am pleased to share some of them inside these pages. It ...