Last year I took a class called three-dimensional design which was one of the general education requirements that I needed for my major (graphic design). The overall purpose of this class was to teach us artists and designers how to think outside of the two-dimensional world and explore the three-dimensional world. Even though most general ed classes tend to be a drag because most of the material that they teach you is useless, I actually enjoyed this one very much. Some introductory projects included building simple boxes and other three-dimensional structures. After having made a few models throughout the course of the class, I discovered that I really loved to make things out of illustration board.
Illustration board is basically a nicer version of thin cardboard. I am obsessed with making things with this material because it is very clean, easy to cut, and work with in general. It also comes in every color imaginable and if you want a custom color, it takes the application of paint very well. Here is a lamp I made for my final project in this class. It was constructed out of solid black sheets of illustration board, white vellum paper, balsa wood sticks to hold the panels together from the inside, and a light kit I purchased at the home depot.
[Lamp]
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