[unwind]

I don't have anything to say about the artistic value, but as a part-time tool collector with dreams of being a handy person, this passage was the most interesting:

I used a puncher to cut a hole in the frame’s cardboard for the camera (drills didn’t work).

I would love some more detail, or just people's interpretations ... in what manner can a drill fail to "work" on cardboard? There can be issues with tearing, perhaps, that I think punching works around nicely.

[esperent]

It's too soft and layered, the drill tends to chew it up. I've had some luck putting duct tape over both sides and drilling through that, but for very clean holes you'd still probably have to clean the edges with a craft knife.

[bambax]

My guess is he tried with a wood drill bit, which will tear cardboard and make a big mess. For cardboard, or plastic, you need a metal drill bit.

[cataPhil]

That's right, sorry for not explaining further in the post! The cardboard was so thin than neither wood nor metal drill bits made a clean enough cut.

[kadoban]

I've had success by putting the material between two pieces of wood and drilling through it all. Ideally you clamp it, but you can also just kind of push down on it.