What is a paper pop-up? It is more than the best greeting card you can send or receive - it is an ingenious and fun object to be displayed and admired long after other cards have been put away. Step-by-step instructions explain how to make six of the most versatile pop-ups - Fan, Silhouette, Tent, Box, Coil, and Scenery Flats - using a simple cut-and-fold system that requires very little glue. This book contains all you need to create eleven pop-ups, plus templates to trace over and over again for an endless supply of pop-ups. Once you learn the techniques shown, you can make unforgettable cards for all kinds of occasions - birthdays, anniversaries, graduations.
Join author Helen Hiebert as she guides you through materials, tools and pop-up basics including parallel folds, angle folds, combinations and variations, and layered pop-ups.
Unfold the wonders of paper engineering — understand different papers and projects, review the tools of the trade, and set up your workshop Create classy, crafty greeting cards — choose the right color, make cute cutouts, primp it up ...
Loaded with ideas for holidays, birthdays, weddings, and other occasions. Tired of living in a world of flat paper? Heidi shows you how to transform one-dimensional elements into 3-D delights.
Each of the projects in this book is designed to demonstrate that the deeper you look into art, the more engineering and math you’ll find.
Super pop-ups extend the element of surprise with three-dimensional designs that slide, turn, spring, and snap. More than 30 patterns and 475 illustrations include cards, stage props, and school projects.
... The book also features a stunning gallery of work by acclaimed pop-up artists whose beautiful work will inspire you to expand on your own amazing movable paper creations"--Back cover blurb.
Sometimes paper crafting just seems so...flat.
Learn the mechanics of making your own paper pop-ups and novelty cards, with over 100 innovative techniques and projects to follow
Elegant and accessible, this interactive handbook teaches crafters of all ages how to create kinetic paper art.
Provides instructions in the three basic patterns for making pop-up illustrations and how to use them in more complicated designs, as well as how to put together slides, pull tabs, and rotating disks