Cardboard Chandelier
I’m sure this whole thing of creating cardboard sculptures is a little novel to many people and so I like to post up photos of some of the sculptures separate from their home in the artwork for the pages. It’s a way to see these things without the compositing and effects. So here’s a shot of the chandelier used in page 32. Going into making this I had very little worked out in my mind how to execute it. A lot of the problems solved in creating the cardboard chandelier came from a lot of trial and error along the way. The main column that provides much of the structure’s stability comes from a thin wooden dowel. Pieces of this same dowel were sharpened and used as the candles as well. The ‘chains’ are made from stripping the paper off of corrugated cardboard. The sheet was slit into roughly even strips and glued around the circular top ring. The strips splayed out nicely and were glued to the larger lower ring. From there, the addition of the ‘arms’ was easy and the whole piece was finished with some ink details. The result is what you see to the right. Enjoy!
