{"id":883,"date":"2023-01-01T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T21:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/?p=883"},"modified":"2023-01-01T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T21:15:49","slug":"light-capturing-cut-paper-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/light-capturing-cut-paper-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"Light-Capturing Cut Paper Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Students practiced cutting and folding pre-printed motif designs before coming up with interesting designs of their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They worked on medium-weight white drawing paper which they divided into at least five 2-inch boxes. They left a border around the outer edge of the paper. Most students developed some sort of template that they could trace around in order to keep their motifs consistent.

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Once they had all of their designs transferred to the paper, they carefully began cutting designated lines with a razor-knife. (During their practice work, they quickly found out that the goal was NOT to cut out the entire motif, just sections that could be folded in an interesting way.)

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After cutting all of the designs, they turned the paper over to avoid having to erase their guide lines. In most cases, the designs were “opened” to about a 45-degree angle.

As a final step, the paper was mounted on a sheet of black railroad board and displayed where the light would create interesting value patterns on the cut and folded paper.
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I used this project several years in my mixed-level classes as a “first” project for my upper level students while I got Art 1 students engaged in their first projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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