Article · New Orleans Museum of Art
Art-making activity: Create a shadowbox
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2020
About this lesson
Explains how to build a shadowbox from a recycled cardboard box, choose a personal theme, gather found objects and images to match it, and test layouts before gluing. It finishes by having you write a short artist's statement, and draws on Cornell and Surrealism.
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