Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Von Bruggen Soft Sculptures

Claes Oldenberg and Coosje Van Bruggen

Claes Oldenberg (January, 1929 - July 2022) is a Swedish- American artist and Coosje Van Bruggen (June 6, 1942 – January 10, 2009)is a Dutch-American artist. They were a married couple most famous for making extra large Pop Art Sculptures of everyday objects. The collaborated to make every work of art. They drew the sketches together, planned the construction together, build the sculptures together and worked together to find the best places to install and exhibit their artwork

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen used leather, vinyl and other fabric to make their soft sulptures.

Here are a few of their soft sculptures:

We are creating our own soft sculptures

Make a simple draft

of an everyday object on plain paper. Then grab the giant paper and fold it in half

Draw a giant version

of your object on the giant paper, close to the fold. Draw a bubble around your object. The bubble makes space for the staples. Cut out your object, but keep the paper folded, don't cut on the fold. You just need the shape of the object, and the fold acts like a hinge to keep your sculpture together.