tape sculpture

The real joy of this project was seeing how the kids related to their simple tape objects in creative, playful and unexpected ways. The most basic sculpture was Henry and Sylvia's half orb. It became something to hide in, a giant bowl for pasta, an umbrella, etc. I was enchanted by their whimsy.

Linnea and Carina filled their tape basket (formed over a wooden barrel) with dandelions and violets. They were doing a great deal of skipping.

Carina and Gillian's unicycle turned out to be the least playful object, along with the little taped chair. Neither the chair nor the unicycle could be played with and they just became neutral copies of the real (more potent) objects. The tape bat, ball, and tennis racket were also pretty excellent until somebody tried to hit the tape ball with the real bat and it collapsed on itself. Alas.