Card sculpture

Two years ago, we looked at some constructions made from playing cards that are slotted and slid together. Here is a new one, by Zach Abel.

12-Card Star --- George Hart Includes a template to make it yourself! :D

Belgian artist Tom Herck's monumental pubic art sculpture in Sint-Truiden comments on the weight and fragility of western culture

is a California artist who, among his many creations, enjoys carving decks, to give more depth. Interventions for the least unusual that can be purchased on the

Students chose a Cubism painting and then used cardboard and yarn to create 3 Dimensional sculptures of their painting. The students were challenged to think and create what the subject matter looked like on all sides, not just from the front. Students started by drawing front, side and back views of their sculpture before proceeding to the cardboard.

Playing Cards Sculpture

Looks simple to make but it involves a saw, a sander & a kind husband! :: pallet shelves

Hannah Kim -- "Card Shark" Mixed media - playing cards and wire “Influenced by the sculpture at the Fluor Daniel Engineering Building at Clemson University, I overlapped the playing cards to create a wave-like pattern and connected it with the repetition in the shark as well. I wanted to create a piece that translated the whimsicality of the pun, ‘card shark,’ by morphing the deck of cards into a sculptural shark coming out of waves of playing cards.” -- Coppell High School;

Put your house of cards to shame by constructing a mind blowing sculpture with the playing cards construction set. The specially designed plywood discs feature 16 different laser-cut slots that allow you mold the cards into seemingly endless configurations.

Michael Woods is raising funds for Skallops: Build Big! on Kickstarter! Skallops are laser-cut clips that attach to regular playing cards in dozens of ways, letting you build anything that you can imagine.