Off the Roll Tape Sculpture Contest

More Tips & Techniques

Use smaller strips vs larger ones in wrapping objects - around 6" long or less in length.

Vary effect of the transparency by using lighter or heavier layers of tape.

To cover the sticky side out fully, use your hands to find the sticky spots.

After you cut the tape off the object using an exacto knife or a scissors & create a seam, take 6" strip & cut to 1/2 the width to cover seam. This will allow for greater flexibility. (Less width=greater flexibility.)

To build a large geometrical or architectural structure, find a base shape to wrap and use them almost like building blocks and attach them to one another. Once you have a basic structure, layer on the details.

Objects that are sealed on all sides such as cubes and spheres are stronger than tubes or open boxes.

Photograph against a dark, solid-color background. This will help the details of your sculpture stand out.

What People are Saying:

I was experimenting with a way for my advanced-placement high school students to create sculpture. I found a process at an AP training class that even my beginning sculptors could easily handle.

Clear packing tape is wrapped around an object or person sticky-side up. Then 4 additional layers are added for strength, sticky-side down. This shell is cut off using cast cutting scissors and patched to return to the original shape. The students create the pose and are the sculpture. I found that only 3M tape was strong enough to hold its shape.

--Jesse Nolan, Sandalwood High, Jacksonville, Florida

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Off the Roll Tape Sculpture Contest: Open only to legal residents of the US (excluding MD, NJ, ND, TN and VT) and DC who are 16+ (18+ in ME) at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Enter from 11/5/09 (12:01 AM CT) through 2/28/10 (11:59 PM CT) by creating a "sculpture" with Scotch® Packaging Tape and submitting your entry. All contest communications, entry/judging criteria and details subject to full Official Rules. Sponsor: 3M Stationery Products Division, St. Paul, MN.

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