"Burls Art creates an electric guitar from air and recycled cardboard that still plays and works as a musical instrument. The craftsman's idea comes from a cardboard guitar made in a collaboration between Fender and Signal ten years ago. That guitar used corrugated cardboard as the main material, and the designer thought of upgrading the first version using the same materials but in a different way."
"Instead, each layer of cardboard is soaked in resin before stacking to make the paper material stable and strong enough while keeping the hollow flutes inside each sheet. After lamination, the cardboard gives him a thick blank that's easy to cut and shape with woodworking tools. He finishes the process by removing the excess resin and then planing the surface with a router sled."
"The body of Burls Art's musical instrument made of recycled cardboard follows the shape of a standard electric guitar. The designer switches from used shipping boxes to new cardboard sheets to avoid dents or folds that could change the final shape, and the laminated body also shows the corrugated openings to create a surface where some parts of the guitar can be seen through from certain angles."
Burls Art builds a functional electric guitar from laminated recycled corrugated cardboard treated with resin to strengthen the paper while preserving hollow flutes. The instrument targets about three to four pounds by exploiting cardboard’s high air content versus wooden bodies. Sheets are soaked in resin before stacking to form a thick blank that can be cut, shaped, and planed. The design follows a standard electric-guitar shape, uses new cardboard sheets to avoid dents or folds, and leaves corrugated openings visible from some angles. The neck needs greater strength to resist string tension, so flute orientation is tested by cutting across the long or short side.
Read at designboom | architecture & design magazine
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