packaging

Presents techniques for making several kinds of art with different sorts of packaging, including puppets, toys, foil figures, and woven baskets and boxes, and includes photos of examples.

Contains a collection of over one hundred fifty full-color photographs depicting packaging designs from the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s.

Instructions for making prints from bubblewrap, puppets from cardboard boxes, and other arts and crafts projects using discarded packaging.

Contains images of series one through seven of Wacky Packages--trading cards from the 1970s which feature parodies of consumer products.

Traces the evolution of modern containers. Anecdotes about various packages such as the tea bag, consumption statistics, and environmental concerns are also included.