Cardboard letters spelling Build It with an exclamation point arc over a photo of a brown paper bag spilling over with cardboard scraps. Underneath the brown paper bag are the words Create with Cardboard the same color as cardboard. Underneath these words is the official Georgia Tech logo, a capital G and T followed by Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. All of the text and words pop out in high contrast to the blueprint background.
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BUILD IT: create with cardboard!

September 9 - December 13, 2024

 

The Build It: create with cardboard! exhibition at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking celebrates cardboard, the humble backbone of economics, industry, and design. As a relatively inexpensive material that is durable, strong, customizable, and sustainable, cardboard has become indispensable to our daily lives. Though most of us think of cardboard strictly as a shipping material, this simple material is also perfect for designing, exploring, and problem-solving ideas for mechanisms and building structures.

The paper museum has fashioned Build It: create with cardboard! as a hands-on experience for visitors to explore design thinking through the wonderful qualities of cardboard. Visitors can try their hand at arranging a marble run, using a cardboard decoder to discover hidden information in the gallery, take selfies using cardboard props, build hand-cranked movable cardboard automatons, as well as making personal cardboard creations of their own design. We invite visitors to learn firsthand about design thinking through the material exploration of various cardboard prototypes in this hands-on exhibition. Come create with cardboard!

Dr. HyunJoo Oh sits in a well lit lab. She has dark hair that is shoulder length. She is wearing a navy blue button down shirt with a color. Dr. Oh is seated and holding a multicolored orb that appears to be able to flex open and closed.three photos positioned side by side. The first photo appears to be a piece of tape with a printed circuit being applied to a surface, the middle image shows a thin pillow-like form weaving back and forth across a page to create another type of circuit, and the third and final image shows two paper lantern-like forms. The form on the left is being compressed by two fingers coming from the upper right corner of the image. The two lantern-like forms sit in front of a laptop that is diagramming the forms on its screen.

Virtual Talk: Exploring Paper as an Accessible Pathway to Advanced Technology

Wednesday, November 20, 2024
8:00-9:00pm EDT

In this talk, Dr. HyunJoo Oh will present the work of the CoDe Craft group, where they integrate emerging printed electronics and craft-friendly conductive supplies, such as conductive paints, pens, and sprays, with papercrafting. Techniques like inkjet printing with silver ink enable the direct printing of circuits on paper, which can then be integrated into papercraft projects or transferred to other surfaces using versatile tape. Carbon-coated paper, combined with cutting-based papercraft techniques, can be used to create interactive, functional artifacts, while origami-inspired designs and thin-film materials allow for self-powered interfaces, such as those incorporating triboelectric nanogenerators. These projects demonstrate the potential of paper as a versatile platform for building cutting-edge technology. Dr. Oh will conclude by sharing our vision of paper as an approachable yet powerful medium for technology exploration. 

This virtual talk is free. Please use the link below to register.

Watch the Recording

 

Children pulling sheets of paper at the vat, origami penquin, paper doll pieces for stop motion animation, and two animated characters from the Paper Girl series advertise family night at the museum

Family Night at the Museum

Tuesday, December 3, 2024
4:30-7:30pm EDT

Come for a night of family fun at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. This event is organized in collaboration with the Paper Girls Show. This drop-in style event will feature a papermaking station, winter themed origami activities, and a stop-motion paper animation station. Paper Girls Show videos and stop motion animations will be shown throughout the event. Additionally, the Paper Museum’s special exhibition Build It: create with cardboard! will be open for interactive fun. Visitors can try their hand at arranging a marble run, using a cardboard decoder to discover hidden information in the gallery, take selfies using cardboard props, build hand-cranked movable cardboard automatons, as well as making personal cardboard creations of their own design. All minors are required to be accompanied by an adult during the program.

Please email anna.doll@rbi.gatech.edu for questions or more information.

Visit the Paper Girls Show website

How to Make a Cardboard Hand

Robotic hand made from a cereal box with paper towel tubes attached as fingers

 

 

 

Photo of the entryway to Build It! Create with Cardboard. The title Build It, is sculpted from cardboard and placed in a deep purple semicircle on a bright orange background. The double doors to the right are open to the exhibit.
Two purple display panels with white lettering. The left panel has a number of Cardboard Construction Techniques, and the right panel displays several Cardboard Decorative Techniques.
View of the Selfie Corner. On one wall is a collection of cardboard masks and props housed on a cardboard shelf. In the corner, one wall has blue and gold dot garlands hanging from the ceiling, and the other is the selfie corner sign above blue toned paper flowers in various sizes.
A cardboard automaton featuring two cats is on display on a white shelf next to a colorful book titled This Book is a Planetarium.
Overall view of the front gallery. In the foreground are cardboard tables, chairs, and various materials for guests to craft cardboard creations.
View of the back gallery. The left wall displays a large graphic titled Design Thinking, and colorful circles and arrows outlining the design process. In the center of the room, is a large cardboard yellow jacket on a black pedestal. The back wall is painted teal and labeled Cardboard Creations; and displays various cardboard sculptures crafted by museum guests on three white shelves.
Overall view of the front gallery facing the entrance. In the foreground are cardboard tables, chairs, and various materials for guests to craft cardboard creations.
A view of the Marble Run, a wall with large felt panels holding with dozens of cut cardboard tubes for guests to arrange into paths. To the far side, two cardboard boxes hold extra tubes.
View of the reading corner in the back gallery. A sign announces Read All About It is displayed above a white shelf containing over a dozen books on paper and paper crafts. Three cardboard stools with colorful cushions are placed in front of the shelf.