A tape sculpture from last year’s 3D Design and Craft II class. Photo courtesy of Arts & Entertainment editor Emily Lopez.

  Student art at San Luis Obispo High School is usually confined to certain places on campus: the library, the art hallway, the wellness center. However, this week, tape sculptures in various poses are going to be dotted around campus in unexpected places.

  “This project is an opportunity to create a large-scale sculpture out of affordable materials,” said 3D Design and Craft teacher Amanda Bockelman.

  The tape sculptures are created by students currently in the 3D Design and Craft II class. The class introduces students to unique 3D forms and styles of art, such as public art installations.

  “This class has been really fun, and I’m so glad I decided to take 3D Design II,” said junior Willow Watkins.

  The sculptures are made with cling wrap and clear packaging tape. A student volunteers to be the model and is wrapped in cling wrap by two other group members. Then, the model is wrapped in the tape and once the wrapping is finished, the model is cut out of the mold.

  “We are covering [our model] in plastic wrap, then multiple layers of tape, creating a cast. Then we’ll cut him out and retape the cask to form a mold of him sitting at a desk,” said senior Wesley Bisheff.

  These tape sculptures are a temporary art installation and will stay until the end of the school year.

  “I hope that other students are inspired to have conversations about the sculptures they encounter around campus, viewing these spaces in a new way,” said Bockelman.

  As students are walking around campus, they should look out for these ghostly figures in classrooms and in the halls!