This 1000 boats sculpture was made by school children from Prestonpans Primary, St Gabriels Primary RC, Prestonpans infants Primary, Cockenzie Primary and Lomgniddry Primary School, East Lothian, Scotland.
How to make a paper boat sculpture.
Have you ever made a paper boat which was going to be part of a giant sculpture?
1. Make a paper boat with a message on it, your name, age and country.
2. Display it/create your own sculpture or put it on the web for World Community Arts Day 17 02 08.
3. Then send us your boat for The Three Harbours Festival opening on 30 May 2008.
Online examples
Photos
on how to make a paper boat sculpture in 9 stages.
How
to make a boat in 30 seconds!
The
3 harbours Arts Festival Paper boats project
World Copmmunity Arts Day 17 02 08
Here is how to make your own in 9 easy stages.
1. Getting started creating the mast of the boat
Fold an A4 sheet of paper in half across the width and press the fold
down to create a sharp, neat fold. Fold the paper in half across its
width again
and press the fold down to create a sharp and neat fold.
2. To create the sails of the boat
Unfold the second fold. Make sure the first fold is facing away from
you. Then bring the right hand corner down to meet the crease down
the centre
of the
paper. Make a sharp neat fold. Repeat with the left corner. This
will create the sails of the boat and look like a big triangle with
two flaps
at the
bottom of the paper.
3. Creating the body of the boat (Port and Starboard)
Take one of the flaps and fold it up onto the triangle (mast and
sails). Then turn over the paper and fold the other flap onto the
triangle (mast
and sails).
4. To create a diamond shape
It should now look like a paper hat. Open it up and place your
two thumbs inside the paper hat. Pull the sides of the hat away
from
each other.
This should
create a diamond shape.
5. Create a triangle
The magic is about to happen, but first you have to create
a triangle shape. Make sure the open flaps of the diamond are
facing
you.
Take one flap at
the bottom and fold it up to the top of the diamond. Turn the
paper over and repeat.
6. Create another diamond
This is the last stage before the magic happens! You now have
a tiny triangular
hat. Put your thumbs inside the bottom of the triangle and
pull out the sides. Flatten it to create a diamond as before.
7. The magic happens
Hold the diamond shape so that the folds are vertical and
you can see the small tip of the mast inside. Pull the
two triangles
apart
at the
same
time from
the tip of the diamond. You will start to see more of the
mast and then your paper boat will appear like magic!
8. Decorate your boat and put a message in it.
Decorate your boat in any way you like using water-based
paint. Inside the
boat write your message of good will.
9. Make lots and lots of them.
Find a flat grassy field and pin all your paper boats
into the ground and create a giant shape like a fish
or a whale
or any
giant shape
you want.
The paper boats project is part of
World Community Arts Day 2008 17 02 08
The Three Harbours Arts Festival 30 May - 8 June
2008.
By Yvonne Murphy, Jo Mawdsley, Andrew Crummy
Send your boats to
The Three Harbours Arts Festival, 83a High Street, Cockenzie EH32 0DG, UK
Both photos by Scott Whitelaw