The Art of Cardboard by Lori Zimmer

Author:Lori Zimmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Published: 2015-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

Prince de Sots 2014

PERHAPS WELLS’S MOST LOVED PROJECT is a departure from his large scale or figurative work, but involves his love of community. The Lantern Project was a community effort in which Wells designed an easy to make cardboard lantern that could be customized, allowing each community member to make a unique piece. The project was simple, but with incredibly beautiful results that unified people from different scenes, age groups, and social strata across Arizona. “I went to prisons and high schools, firemen and retirees, people from all walks of life made cardboard lanterns and then we hung them along a mile (1.6 km)-long dirt road out in the desert, illuminated with color-changing LEDs from the dollar store. There were over a hundred lanterns, some bigger than a man, some as small as a fist. Against the deep Arizona sky it was truly breathtaking. I loved the community, sharing my love of creativity, and making something that was much much bigger than the sum of its parts.”

Wells has happily seen the legacy of his Lantern Project continue and spread. The durable cardboard lanterns have popped up in other festivals and parades, some original but many created by people taught by Wells’s students. Because of cardboard’s accessibility and availability, Wells has been able to inspire and invigorate members of his community that might otherwise be afraid to delve into art-making.

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