A studentʼs cardboard marble run sculpture assembled with a low-temperature glue gun.

Clyde Gaw

You see, it broke down here,” the five-year-old boy says, pointing out a problem with his marble run sculpture that he brought in from home to show his teachers. He places a large cardboard structure that he created with a low-temperature mini glue gun on the floor of the studio.

I had previously told the boy that he was too young to use glue guns; he proved me wrong. At home, he observed his older brothers use low-temperature glue guns to successfully create cardboard sculptures. His grandmother acted as creative mediator and supervisor, purchasing an ultra-low-temperature mini glue gun and cutting strips of cardboard for him. Then he got to work.

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