There is something deeply satisfying about using scissors, tape, paper, paint… to make good and interesting art.
I absolutely know that with better quality materials you will end up with better quality work, and I understand the need to present your visual ideas in the most streamlined and direct way to ensure what you are communicating is understood… however and whatever that may be. You have to have the right materials for the expression / idea.
Perhaps, then, when we have zero money, we still have to find a way. We have to use materials we may not usually choose to use and use materials that are readily available. . (This may also be why drawing is also so important)
Instead of the negative and despair , the troughs, the fear … we can see what this action of expression can teach us about our work. Our work but made from a different angle gives us a wider, deeper understanding of what we do and how it any fit together. When we cannot afford the materials and spaces we would prefer to work with, we can adapt and explore and learn a different ( yet similar) aspect of ourselves.
And.
To make art using scissors, tape, paper and glue opens the doors wider to accessibility and wider, shared understanding. People can see that art doesn’t have to be made using materials we can’t readily get our hands on. It can create a chasm. Art doesn’t have to have the gap between idea and expression to materials, skill and final piece/s of work. Paper, scissors and tape opens the doors to accessibility and so to understanding visual communication and creative thinking, because any and everyone can use this stuff. They know it,,,,, and they can play with it too.
Learning by doing
Learning by materials
Understanding how it fits together.
