Secret Life of Cubes

Secret Life of CubesCourse Code: 26SPE001V This three week, virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Thursdays, February 12th 26th, from 6PM to 8: 30PM ET Thursday, February 12th, from 6PM to 8: 30PM ET Thursday, February 19th, from 6PM to 8: 30PM ET Thursday, February 26th, from 6PM to 8: 30PM ET Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on January 29th, at 11: 59pm Eastern Time. About the Workshop: The cube is a shape that keeps on giving. Inquiry into this

Course Code: 26SPE001V

This three-week, virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Thursdays, February 12th - 26th, from 6PM to 8:30PM ET

• Thursday, February 12th, from 6PM to 8:30PM ET
• Thursday, February 19th, from 6PM to 8:30PM ET
• Thursday, February 26th, from 6PM to 8:30PM ET

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on January 29th, at 11:59pm Eastern Time.

About the Workshop:

The cube is a shape that keeps on giving. Inquiry into this form leads to enchanting discoveries and motivates unique methods of expression. This three-session virtual class will be a fun romp through the study and construction of solid forms, including an introduction to the language and classification of solids, all through the lens of the cube.

Required Materials:

• Access to a printer
• Approximately 15 sheets of card paper. I will be using white 65lb/176gsm card stock and Neenah Astrobright Card stock, but any paper heavier than standard weight copy paper will be fine.
• A small stack of regular copy paper
• Scrap paper
• PVA and applicator, such as flat brush or squeeze bottle. I highly recommend Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue with Tip Kit
• Cutting board
• Cutting tools: scissors and craft knife such X-acto knife, Olfa cutter, or any retractable utility knife.
• Optional but suggested: 12x2mm refrigerator magnet discs.
• Stack of newsprint to put beneath paper to use as a scoring surface
• Scoring tool, such as a ballpoint pen with no ink.
• Optional but useful: ballpoint pen with colored ink

About the Instructor:

Paula Krieg (she/her) has been a paper enthusiast for as long as she can remember, taking particular delight in 3D paper transformations.

For thirty years she collaborated with teachers to design projects for the classroom, pioneering methods of accessible ways to teach book arts. Since 2009 she has been writing about playful bookbinding and paper works on her Bookzoompa blog.

Krieg regularly shows work in Bridges Math/Art exhibitions.

She has taught workshops at the Center for Book Arts, Museum of Mathematics, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dieu Donne. She has presented at various conferences, including MOVES 2019: Math Unfolded: The Mathematical Art of Origami.

Her work has been featured in Jean-Charles Trebbi’s L’art du Livre Origami, Helen Hiebert’s book, Paper Illuminated, Lark Books’s Making Books and Journals, and Diane Mauer-Mathison’s The Art and Craft of Handmade Cards. Krieg coauthored Scholastic’s 25 Totally Terrific Social Studies Activities alongside Jean Mumper and Kathy Pike.

All images courtesy of the instructor.