The Cardboard Rose

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10) For this project we decided to create something beautiful out of something not beautiful and essentially useless, something tossed out like trash to reflect the transformation that God does in us. We decided to make a rose out of cardboard.

Here are some photos used for inspiration:



We took used cardboard boxes, cut them into long strips, soaked the pieces in water, and wrapped them tightly around each other, building it up until we got a rose. Here are some photos from the process:



Here are some photos of how it was displayed: