Toilet Paper Tube Face Sculptures

I thought it was neat how artists made faces out of cardboard toilet paper tubes, so I compiled a list of links about how to make them.

A good starting point is the work of Junior Fritz Jacquet, who creates expressive faces by folding, pinching, and compressing toilet-paper tubes.

Useful resources:

• Toilet Paper Roll Faces Lesson — Classroom lesson inspired by Jacquet, with examples and a starter tutorial.
• Junior Fritz Jacquet Faces — This Is Colossal — Photos and an overview of his technique.
• TP Roll Face Sculpture — YouTube — Short demonstration of shaping a face from a tube.
• Cardboard Tube Sculptures — Art Bar — Student face sculptures made from cut and glued tube sections.
• Cardboard Tube Relief Sculptures — Middle-school project using folded and shaped cardboard tubes.
• Toilet Paper Roll Faces — Pinterest — Collection of examples and variations.

Useful techniques include pinching inward for eye sockets, pushing cardboard outward for the nose, creasing the tube for brows and cheekbones, cutting and overlapping sections for mouths, and adding paint or ink washes after shaping.