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Kohl's Art Generation Studio at Home: Create a Shadow Box
By Liala Amin (Milwaukee Art Museum)
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2020
About this lesson
Photographed steps for turning a tissue box into a Cornell-inspired shadow box: collecting household objects and papers, cutting the box into an open frame, collaging the background, layering magazine cut-outs, and arranging and titling the objects.
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