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

This comprehensive guide to pop-up design and paper mechanics is a delightful introduction to the fun, surprising and intriguing aspects of a fascinating craft. Duncan Birmingham's totally new and accessible approach to pop-up theory and practice distils the numerous mechanisms into a logical set of 18 underlying shapes and the techniques for building these shapes is methodically explained with step-by-step pictures and text. Pop-up is shown to be a hands-on, sculptural skill, that is not dependent on mathematical calculation, measuring and technical drawing, indeed no measuring is necessary for most of the pop-ups and only card, scissors and glue are needed to make many highly complex folding sculptures. Duncan 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 interested in this craft. This is a book that will appeal 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.Author: Duncan Birmingham,author Contributors: Duncan Birmingham,author Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Edition: Reprint Published/Release Date: 7 Mar 2019 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: GMC Publications Author/Director/Artist: Duncan Birmingham Dimension (cm): 276x210x10 mm Package Dimension (cm): 12x275x210 mm Item Weight (g): 696 Package Weight (g): 689