Book Sculpture Lesson

Today’s lesson was very interesting. It involved manipulating books to create sculptures that were based off of the content in the book itself. The unit was transformation and while I understand the applications of transforming the physicality ad functionally of the book, the unit theme did not expand much past there. They discussed the additive and subtractive qualities of extracting pages and reworking them to create the sculpture within the book. Aaron took up issues with the idea of additive and subtractive methods in this way since it was just a movement (or transformation) of the pages, not adding or subtracting something new. However, this does not bother me. What I do find important in this conversation is the construction of form or suggested form out of 2-d.

It was a lesson that everyone was completely engaged in on an honest level. I think it was the surprise in the media and the chance the physically construct something like our own little world that made s so dynamic. Having that control and ownership in something that is so fun, new, and unexpected will intrigue and inspire the students in a very positive manner as it did for our group.