Paper Engineering & Pop-ups For Dummies covers a wide range of projects, from greeting cards to freestanding models. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and dozens of accompanying diagrams help readers not only to complete the diverse projects in the book, but also master the skills necessary to apply their own creativity and create new projects, beyond the book's pages.
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Get creative with paper projects the whole family will enjoy!
Are you passionate about paper crafts? This fun, easy-to-follow guide is packed with a wide range of projects that use simple techniques and tools. Step-by-step directions and diagrams show you how to make eye-catching cards, animated models, pop-ups, and much more. Plus, you'll take your paper engineering skills to the next level as you learn to invent your own unique creations!
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 with embellishments, and work with decoupage and montage
Make eye-popping pop-ups — from layers and photos to pull tabs, crossfades, and multi-page books, master the techniques
Add life to your paper — explore the fascinating world of paper sculpture and animation through clever cam models, levers, linkages, and more
Draft your own designs and creations — develop your ideas, make the transition from sketch to model, enhance your designs with color, and use your computer to help
Open the book and find:
The most popular paper engineering crafts, explained step by step
All the basic concepts and techniques you need
Photos and illustrations to guide you
Tips for perfect model making
Ways to recycle and reuse materials
Tricks for designing with software
Paper crafting mistakes to avoid
Inspiration for creating your own designs
About the Author
Rob Ives is a renowned paper engineer and paper crafter, having designed everything from mechanical flying pigs to 3-D stars to pop-up holiday cards. He specializes in teaching others how to create their own models by following his succinct step-by-step instructions and diagrams.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Basic paper engineering book, there are better,
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The book provides you with the very basics you need to know. However, I find Carol Barton's how-to books on paper engineering much more useful, and also, Carter and Diaz' The Elements of Pop-Ups much better. If you are a beginner, or even if you do know your pop-ups and need some additional pointers, those books are better than this one. As I said, this one is a pretty good basic book.
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Throughout the years I have bought quite a lot of "for Dummies"-books, they give me a good knowledge about things that I find interesting.
This time, though, I was more then disappointed. Not about the context of the book, I have read different books written by the author, Rob Ives, and they are all good. But the quality of the printing and the paper are far bellow an acceptable standard. Unfortunately, this time the editor chose a paper quality comparable to those we can find on the cheapest newspapers you can get in the poorest countries on the world: This greyish paper, that make all the photos show in low contrast, is cheap and annoying from front to back cover. In fact, after seeing this, I am sure that I am not going to order any new books from this series, until I am sure that the quality is back to normal again. Sorry, Georg Ulvehøj Norway
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of fun,
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This book was a quick fast read with clear directions for making cool pop-up. Good graphics showed the concepts. You really didn't even need to read the text if you don't want to.
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paper animations, wing pushrods, using white school glue, slider tube, inner card, curved creases, paper automata, paper gears, cutout cards, outer card, score along the dotted lines, crank slider, glue spreader, paper engineering, paper sculpture, card inner, sharp craft knife, triangular tube, paper engineers, cam follower, slider mechanism, pulp board, drawing compass, paper creations, craft knives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adding Some, Going Flat Out, Paper Figure, Creative Paper Crafts Figure, Using Mechanisms, Bring Models, Getting Past the Limitations of Paper, Putting Everything Together, Having Fun, Introducing the Magic of Paper Engineering, Unfolding the Mystery of Paper Engineering, Using Technology, Design Your Own Projects, Scissors White, Nodding Moose, Making Some Extra Moolah, Selling Your Paper Creations, United States, Adobe Illustrator, Essential Ingredient, The Timid Tortoise, Wave By Rich Tennant, Pull Tab Browse Sample Pages:
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paper animations, wing pushrods, using white school glue, slider tube, inner card, curved creases, paper automata, paper gears, cutout cards, outer card, score along the dotted lines, crank slider, glue spreader, paper engineering, paper sculpture, card inner, sharp craft knife, triangular tube, paper engineers, cam follower, slider mechanism, pulp board, drawing compass, paper creations, craft knives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adding Some, Going Flat Out, Paper Figure, Creative Paper Crafts Figure, Using Mechanisms, Bring Models, Getting Past the Limitations of Paper, Putting Everything Together, Having Fun, Introducing the Magic of Paper Engineering, Unfolding the Mystery of Paper Engineering, Using Technology, Design Your Own Projects, Scissors White, Nodding Moose, Making Some Extra Moolah, Selling Your Paper Creations, United States, Adobe Illustrator, Essential Ingredient, The Timid Tortoise, Wave By Rich Tennant, Pull Tab Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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