Brook Meinhardt will host a “Cardboard Camp for Grown Ups: Ordinary Material — Extraordinary Versatility” at the Orcas Art Studios, 1286 Mt. Baker Rd, Suite A4, on March 28 and 29.

“The wide world of corrugated cardboard will be our playground,” Meinhardt says. “If you are secretly jealous of kids doing all the fun art projects and wish to be that kid again – this workshop is for you.”

The workshop will start with an introduction of corrugated cardboard – you will never look at shipping boxes the same way again.

The group’s main project will concentrate on creating a dimensional portrait with some basic lessons on self portraits and the proportions of the face along the way.

Whether it’s a self-portrait or a portrait of someone else (real or made up) will be up to you. Members of the class will learn about cardboard’s versatility and the basics of traditional portraiture.

“It’ll be the meeting of a little anatomy and a little structural engineering,” says Meinhardt.