Pop-Up Design and Paper Mechanics: How to Make Folding Paper Sculpture

by Duncan Birmingham

Overview

This comprehensive guide to pop-up design and paper mechanics is a delightful introduction to the intriguing aspects of a fascinating craft. This new and accessible approach to pop-up theory and practice distills the numerous mechanisms into a logical set of 18 underlying shapes and explains the techniques for building these shapes.

• The author demonstrates how sophisticated pop-up designs are constructed and shows how to form a three-dimensional reference book.
• Invaluable for both professional and amateur designers.
• Appeals to craft-hobby enthusiasts who make their own greeting cards, but is also a useful aid to teachers of art, design and technology, designers, illustrators and sculptors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784945145
Publisher:	Guild of Master Craftsman
Publication date:	03/19/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	158,476
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Duncan Birmingham has taught paper mechanics at various universities and colleges in Bristol for 20 years. He is the author of several books on the subject. Duncan lives in Stroud, UK.

Editorial Reviews

Pop-up books, now an extraordinary visual art form, have come a long way. If you've ever been inspired to create your own, expert pop-up designer Birmingham here provides an overview of the theory, art, and science behind paper mechanics. Beginning with a thorough introduction to the foundation shapes behind pop-ups, he describes the techniques of building structures and mechanisms such as pull tabs. A variety of projects are included. While this primer is visually stunning and easy to follow, it isn't for children or impatient adults. But it's a unique book that will inspire paper artists interested in bringing life and movement to their creations.

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