First off, look what happens when you stick packing tape to frosted glass:
Secondly, you can "cast" an object by wrapping it in two layers of packing tape, one sticky-side out, then sticky-side in:
You can also do it with plastic wrap:And once you develop your tape skillz, you can go freeform:
The first video was taken from some really bored guy at work, and the latter three videos were used to promote Scotch's "Off the Roll" tape sculpture competition from earlier this year. Shots of some of the entries are below:
I'm not sure I want to know what's going on here
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