{"title":"3D Cardboard Sculptures","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSculpture built from slices\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach of these is a solid three-dimensional object assembled from flat cardboard layers. The pieces are numbered, they thread onto slim rods in sequence – two rods through every piece, so nothing can go on backwards – and the ends lock the stack tight. No glue, no tools, nothing to cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you get is not a model of a lion. It is a lion, built the way a contour map is built, and the stepped edges where the layers meet are the whole visual effect. Sort the pieces by number before you start; everything else follows from that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich one to choose?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDifficulty scales with piece count and nothing else – there is no technique one model needs and another does not. The Unicorn at 67 pieces is the shortest build and the one to start with; the Staffy at 130 is the longest and the most anatomical, all bone and muscle under the steps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween them, each has its own reason: the Lion for the way light fans through its mane, the Cat for the finest tips the technique can cut, the Dragon for horns that leave the block on their own rods, and the Locomotive for being the one machine – long, low, with windows cut right through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat are they made of?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecycled cardboard, threaded on slim rods. The assembled sculpture is light enough to sit on a shelf that would not hold a wooden equivalent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarked 14+, which is about patience with sorting rather than about anything sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere they go\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are desk and shelf objects rather than wall pieces, and they need to be seen in the round: the layer lines change as you move past them, which a photograph does not capture and a flat position wastes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeep them out of damp. Cardboard is cardboard.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"puzzle-sculpture-3d-en-carton-licorne","title":"3D cardboard puzzle-sculpture Unicorn","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe shortest build here\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA unicorn's head and neck, mane swept back, horn rising from the brow. At sixty-seven pieces it is half the count of the Staffy and the one to start with if you have not built a layered sculpture before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn hour, near enough, including the sorting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe horn is why it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA unicorn's horn is ringed with spiral grooves, and stepped cardboard layers produce exactly that texture without trying. What is a visual effect everywhere else on the sculpture becomes literal here: the steps are the grooves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt tapers to the finest point in the range, so treat the finished tip gently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it differs from the others\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the dragon, the unicorn is one of the two mythical subjects among the six, and the mane is carved by the slices into flowing waves rather than the lion's radiating fan – calmer, closer to a chess piece than a portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFinished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e19 × 8 × 18 cm – narrow and tall, the slimmest footprint in the range. It fits a shelf between books where the cubic models will not.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693112963,"sku":"CWPS01","price":34.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/1.jpg?v=1780866732"},{"product_id":"puzzle-sculpture-3d-en-carton-staffy","title":"3D cardboard puzzle-sculpture Staffy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA head that reads as muscle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Staffordshire bull terrier, head and shoulders, ears folded forward. The layers run vertically through the skull, so the stepped edges follow the lines a Staffy's head actually has: the crease above the brow, the jaw muscle, the fold at the neck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the most anatomical of the six. On the cat and the lion the layers describe fur; here they describe bone and muscle underneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe largest build in the range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA hundred and thirty pieces, more than any other model here, and the sorting stage is correspondingly longer. Expect two to three hours in total, most of it laying the pieces out in number order before anything is threaded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe build itself is no harder than the smaller models. There are simply more steps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the one to buy for a Staffy owner. The breed is specific enough that the sculpture reads as somebody's dog rather than as a generic one, which is the point – a generic dog would not be worth a hundred and thirty pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFinished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 15 × 16 × 17 cm it is roughly two thirds of life size. It sits on a shelf or a desk and wants to be seen from the side, where the layer lines describe the profile most clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693178499,"sku":"CWPS02","price":34.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/6_1df27609-c75e-4330-b3fb-63ae721704ed.jpg?v=1780866734"},{"product_id":"puzzle-sculpture-3d-en-carton-chat","title":"3D cardboard puzzle-sculpture Cat","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe one with the sharpest edges\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cat's head and neck, ears up and alert. The ears are the feature: they rise to points as the slices line up, and the finished tips are as fine as this technique gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the head is calm by contrast, which is what makes the points read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA face in smooth planes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe cat's face is worked in clean planes – cheek, muzzle, brow – where the lion's is rounded and the Staffy's is folded into muscle. Of the three animal heads it is the most sculptural in the classical sense: still, symmetrical, self-contained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat stillness is also why it suits a shelf among other objects, where the busier models want space of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA hundred and eighteen pieces, around two hours. Same count as the lion and roughly the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFinished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e16 × 14 × 15 cm. It reads best from slightly above, which is how you see a cat sitting on a table, so a low shelf suits it better than a high one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693244035,"sku":"CWPS03","price":34.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/3-4-cat-2_1.jpg?v=1780866736"},{"product_id":"puzzle-sculpture-3d-en-carton-lion","title":"Lion 3D cardboard puzzle-sculpture","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA mane made of edges\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA lion's head facing forward, mane sweeping back and out around it. This is the design the layered technique suits best: a mane is hundreds of strands radiating from a centre, and stepped cardboard edges do exactly that without anyone drawing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe face is the opposite – smooth and rounded – so the two halves of the sculpture use the same layers to entirely different effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere the light does the work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the mane layers step outward at every angle, the sculpture catches light differently from every direction. A lamp to one side turns the mane into a fan of shadow lines; flat lighting flattens it to a mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the model in this range that changes most depending on where you put it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA hundred and eighteen pieces, around two hours including sorting. The mane sections are the widest pieces in the box and sit at the back of the stack, so the sculpture looks wrong until roughly halfway through and then resolves quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFinished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e15.5 × 14 × 14 cm, nearly cubic, which makes it the most compact of the animal heads. It works on a bookshelf where the wider models overhang.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693276803,"sku":"CWPS04","price":34.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/3-4-2_1.jpg?v=1780866738"},{"product_id":"puzzle-sculpture-3d-en-carton-dragon","title":"3D cardboard puzzle-sculpture Dragon","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHorns that leave the block\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA dragon's head and neck, jaw closed, with two ridged horns sweeping back and up beyond the outline of the head. They are the only part of any model in this range that projects into open air rather than sitting within the mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe neck below carries a ridge of scutes running down the centre, so the sculpture has a spine that the animal heads do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe horns are built separately\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey thread onto their own short rods rather than continuing the main stack, which is why they can project as far as they do. Assemble them at the end, once the head is complete and can support them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey are also the pieces to be careful with. A cardboard horn is thin at the tip and takes a knock badly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNinety-four pieces, an hour and a half or so. Fewer pieces than the animal heads but a slightly more involved assembly because of the separate horn stacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFinished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e20 × 11 × 17.5 cm, one of the tallest models in the range. Narrow front-to-back and tall, so it suits a shelf edge where a cubic model would need depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693309571,"sku":"CWPS05","price":34.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/3-4-2_1-1.jpg?v=1780866739"},{"product_id":"puzzle-sculpture-3d-en-carton-locomotive","title":"3D Cardboard Sculpture Puzzle – Locomotive","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe only object, and the only one built lengthwise\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA steam locomotive with a cowcatcher, chimney stack, cab and driving wheels. Every other model here is an animal built as a stack of profile slices; this one runs horizontally, thirty centimetres end to end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat changes what the layers do. On a head they describe a curved surface; here they describe mechanical parts – the boiler is a cylinder of stacked discs, the wheels are concentric rings, the cab is a box with windows cut through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWindows and openings\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe cab has windows cut right through the stack, which means the layers behind are visible through the layers in front. It is the only model here with any transparency, and it is what makes the locomotive read as a machine with an inside rather than as a solid shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeventy-six pieces, an hour to an hour and a half. It is assembled as several sub-stacks – boiler, cab, wheels – brought together at the end rather than as one continuous run, which makes it more varied than the heads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFinished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e30 × 9 × 14 cm, and the proportion is the point. It is a long, low object and it belongs on a windowsill, a mantelpiece or the front edge of a bookshelf rather than among books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256694784131,"sku":"CWPS06","price":34.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/photo_2024-06-02-4.23.22_E2_80_AFPM.jpg?v=1780866781"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/collections\/1.jpg?v=1789315851","url":"https:\/\/creatifwood.fr\/en\/collections\/3d-cardboard-sculptures.oembed","provider":"Creatifwood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}