Artist Andrea Butler shows how to explore simple design and construction using cardboard and jewellery.

By Andrea Butler

Using cardboard and jewellery, I explored a simple design and construction exercise. Working within the limitations of a right angle and using a single rectangular cardboard shape, I played with the materials to see where they would lead me.

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Many thanks for teenagers at AccessArt’s Experimental Drawing Class and their parents as well as teachers from Garden Fields JMI School, St Albans for inspiring this post.

Happy sketchbooking and have a wonderful summer!

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