I created an altered book that was inspired by Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I created this piece because my teacher for my sculpture class assigned us to make an altered book out of anything we wanted, and I chose Goldilocks. I was inspired by a girl on YouTube creating an altered book for Little Red Ridinghood, and I thought it would be interesting to create another child’s book.

Supplies

Cardboard
Acrylic paint
Air-dry clay
Paint brushes
Hot glue
Plastic-transfer printer paper
Fake grass
A book

Step 1: Sketching and Planning

The first step I needed to do was plan out how I wanted my layout to be and what materials I would need. The first image has the layout I picked and a side view of it, while the second image is a front facing view. For the sketch, I used some resource images off google to help me get my line drawings to be more accurate, but for the most part, I drew down whatever came to my head. I wasn’t too worried about coloring in my sketch, so only the trees are colored.

Step 2: Building the House

Once my design plan was approved by my teacher, I began to start building. I already had my book picked out, but I wanted to work on the house first because I knew it would take the longest. I don’t have many pictures from this process, but it took me about a week until I was finally done with the house. The second image is the house without its detail. However, in the final pictures, you can see the shingles I added along with the paint to make it more realistic and 3D. The hardest part for the house was assembling the roof because I had to score the cardboard so it would curve (some pieces did break in the process). The materials used were: cardboard, hot glue, plastic-transfer printer paper, and paint.

Step 3: Picnic Table and Grass

Unfortunately, I don’t have any process pictures for these items. I’ll have to use close-ups of the finished project. However, for the picnic table, I mainly used popsicle sticks, hot glue, and paint. The top of the table and the seats were used from a full popsicle stick that had been scored and cut. The legs and stability bar was used from a thinner piece of a popsicle stick. The picnic table has tiny holders made of hot glue for support and to make it more realistic. I mixed brown and white paint to get a beige color and then I blotted the paint on the picnic table with a paint brush to get that wood effect. The grass was made out of stringy material that I found within the art room of my school. I placed it sporadically throughout the piece using hot glue to hold it down.

Step 4: Bears, Bowls, and Hair

For the bears, bowls, and hair, I used Air-Dry Clay. This process I did at home, so I don’t have process pictures of this. However, this process took me a good amount of time because Air-Dry Clay is harder to work with than normal clay. I found out if you use water with it to blend and smooth, it becomes very sticky. That made it harder to work with. For the colors, I used normally acrylic paint. It cook longer to cover the clay with the paint (about 3-4 coats).

Step 5: Final Project

This is my project after it has been completed (including different angles). After I finished it, I went back and painted a stone path and brown patches under the grass using watercolor, but it is currently on display so I cannot receive any pictures of it right now.