Since I had such an easy time with the first exercise I did activity 2 as well today. I had to deconstruct a box and then use it as a pattern to make two more. Yesterday I was sorting out our collection of greeting cards and emptied a clear plastic box that had contained Christmas cards. This was the ideal size and material to use as my pattern.
I used papers that I had made for one of the activities in module 4. The first box is made from painted paper left to dry under cling film. Once the box was constructed I wrapped black thread around it and used the lines made as the design (not my idea but part of the exercise). Here’s a photo of the box all tied up:
I used a dark purple acrylic paint for the lines. They are painted in various thicknesses and some are dotted. As it is actually one continuous line you have to keep your wits about you, so that the lines connect properly with no strange jumps in thickness.
The second box is made from painted paper sprinkled with salt grains and left to dry. I thought dots would go well with the salt grain patterns. I used a hole punch to create dots from some off-cuts of the paper. Then I had the idea to make ticker tape from the holes too. I added some dark green and dark blue dots punched from magazine paper and some dots I found inside the hole punch when I opened it 
Here is the box in 2D:
And here it is in 3D:
