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Pop-up design and paper mechanics : how to make folding paper sculpture / Duncan Birmingham.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lewes : Guild of Master Craftsman, 2010.Description: 175 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781861086853
  • 1861086857
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 736.98 22
LOC classification:
  • TT870 .B57 2010
Contents:
Getting started. How to use this book ; Terms used ; Materials ; Working practice ; The simple rules of pop-up ; The underlying pop-up structures ; Pop-up sketching ; High-quality pop-ups -- Foundation shapes. Right-angle V-fold ; Acute-angle V-fold ; Pointed V-fold ; Obtuse-angle V-fold ; Asymmetric V-fold ; Parallel-folds ; Parallelogram ; Asymmetric parallel-folds ; Zigzag-fold ; M-fold ; Floating plane ; Box ; Open-topped shapes ; Pyramids ; Curved shapes ; Twisting mechanism ; Automatic pull-strip -- Moving arms -- Building techniques. Cutting parts away ; Sticking pieces on ; Extra creases ; Angle-folded strips ; Counter-folds ; Slots ; Bending planes ; Straps ; 45-degree folds -- Pull-tab mechanisms. Pull-strips ; Pivots ; Flaps -- Project templates. House ; Garden ; Lunch ; Horse ; Dancers ; Aeroplane ; Reclining figure ; Bird ; Boat ; Flower ; Fish ; Runner ; Car ; Dragon.
Summary: Duncan Birmingham's totally new and accessible approach to pop-up theory and practice distils the numerous mechanisms into a logical set of underlying shapes, and the techniques for building these shapes is methodically explained with step-by-step pictures and text.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Non Fiction 736.98 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00588141

Includes index.

Getting started. How to use this book ; Terms used ; Materials ; Working practice ; The simple rules of pop-up ; The underlying pop-up structures ; Pop-up sketching ; High-quality pop-ups -- Foundation shapes. Right-angle V-fold ; Acute-angle V-fold ; Pointed V-fold ; Obtuse-angle V-fold ; Asymmetric V-fold ; Parallel-folds ; Parallelogram ; Asymmetric parallel-folds ; Zigzag-fold ; M-fold ; Floating plane ; Box ; Open-topped shapes ; Pyramids ; Curved shapes ; Twisting mechanism ; Automatic pull-strip -- Moving arms -- Building techniques. Cutting parts away ; Sticking pieces on ; Extra creases ; Angle-folded strips ; Counter-folds ; Slots ; Bending planes ; Straps ; 45-degree folds -- Pull-tab mechanisms. Pull-strips ; Pivots ; Flaps -- Project templates. House ; Garden ; Lunch ; Horse ; Dancers ; Aeroplane ; Reclining figure ; Bird ; Boat ; Flower ; Fish ; Runner ; Car ; Dragon.

Duncan Birmingham's totally new and accessible approach to pop-up theory and practice distils the numerous mechanisms into a logical set of underlying shapes, and the techniques for building these shapes is methodically explained with step-by-step pictures and text.

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