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Art-making activity: Create a shadowbox

By David Johnson

Type
Article
Level
Beginner
Price
Free
Published
2020
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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.