Flat Yet Sculptural? Drawing, Collage, Construction
By Paula Briggs
Following on from a previous session in which children aged 7, 8 and 9 used the grid method to scale up simple drawings, in this session the children developed their drawings through collage and construction to transform them into sculptures.
!["Flat yet sculptural" standing dog!](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/r.jpg)
To Begin
Follow the method described here to scale up simple silhouette drawings. We used sheets of corrugated cardboard. Children used a marker pen to create a single black line around their drawings.
![Scaled-up drawing, on cardboard.](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/outline3.jpg)
Prior to the session I used a photocopier to enlarge engravings by George Cruikshank (illustrations for Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens). I have always been attracted to the power and diversity of mark making in engravings, and enlarging the imagery helped isolate and abstract the marks.
![Detail of photocopied and enlarged engraving marks (taken from George Cruickshank's illustrations for Oliver by Charles Dickens)](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/etching2.jpg)
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Margaret Tolland
March 12, 2015 @ 8:20 pm
Great work, I have used the same idea of collage with textures with jewellery shapes – pacific inspired jewellery. I photocopied tapa cloth, shell textures and the children created cone and disc shapes to collage and assemble in a neclace piece. The textures created a wonderful effect.
Paula Briggs, AccessArt
March 13, 2015 @ 8:56 am
Sounds wonderful Margaret – do you have any photos? Best wishes
Paula