Project

Walton Manor

2018-04-29

For this piece I won an award from the Penn State College of Medicine. I created a layered paper model of Walton Manor located in Hummelstown, PA as part of an activity where I got to learn about a patient's life.

Paper layering adaptation of Walton Manor in a picture frame on a brick wall.
Morris A. Aguilar. 2018.

The goal of the project was to gift the patient the finshed work and I intended to make it personal. When I learned about the patient's connection to Hummelstown, I sought out the most visually notable building in that area.

First layer of the paper layering artowork.
Morris A. Aguilar. 2018.

As I planned the assembly of this piece, I learned that the brown stone used to build the highly sought-after houses in New York and Washington, DC, originated in Hummelstown quarries.

Second layer.
Morris A. Aguilar. 2018.

Along the way, I found a schematic of the manor than I used as a reference to make my template that guides where to cut.

Third layer.
Morris A. Aguilar. 2018.

For the Manor, I cut each layer by hand with an X-Acto knife from one sheet of 8 x 11 inch card stock.

An additional photo of the third layer with different lighting.
Morris A. Aguilar. 2018.
Fourth layer
Morris A. Aguilar. 2018.

The layers were stacked together to create a 3D effect.

Fifth layer.
Morris A. Aguilar. 2018.

Because each layer was cut out of a single sheet each layer is suspended without any use of adhesive.

Sixth layer.
Morris A. Aguilar. 2018.

I gifted the work in 2018 and then two year later I revisted the schematics of this project and reproduced this work for my own personal collection.