A manual which explains how paper mechanics work and provides instructions for creating everything from the most elementary pop-up card to highly sophisticated fold-away paper sculptures. The basic principles are simple and the book introduces these. It then shows how they can be developed and combined to produce a kaleidoscope of 3D possibilities. The book is a distillation of his practical experience. It explains the factors which have to be considered when designing, as well as solutions to potential pitfalls.
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POP-UP MANUAL OF PAPER MECHANISMS by Duncam Birmingham,
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This review is from: Pop-Up!: A Manual of Paper Mechanisms (Paperback)
An excellent book. Done in black and white. All illustrations are hand drawn diagrams and sketches. Complete coverage of the subject in great detail. Uses the degree of angle in most folds. Good for a math. inclined user. Mark Hiner's "Paper Engineering For Pop-up Books and Cards" covers all the basics and provides models to paste in the book-better than a lot of detail. Jackson's "The Pop-up Book" gives good directions and inspirational colored photos of designs made by art students and professionals. Duncan's book is good for step-by-step instruction with numbered angles and "paste flap A to flap D etc. I would recommend Hiner's "Paper Engineering" over this book.
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Pop Up!: A Manual of Paper Mechanisms,
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Excellent Book! I have a nice collection of pop up books as well as books about their construction. This book is outstanding. The drawings are clear in their explanations and descriptions--much more so than photographs would be. You can see the fronts, backs, sides, edges--whatever is pertinent to understanding the form being illustrated. One especially nice feature is the author's explanation of things to watch out for--potential stumbling blocks to creating a functioning mechanism. He begins with the basics and then demonstrates elaborations. I think his illustrating applications of the forms is inspiring and informative--he goes beyond showing how to make,for example, a pop-up box and uses examples that show what a pop-up box might be. I consider this book a "must have" for those interested in the subject.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the best!,
This review is from: Pop-Up!: A Manual of Paper Mechanisms (Paperback)
For anyone interested in making pop-ups, this book should be on their work table.What I especially like about it is, the many simple sketches of the pieces and how they are applied particularly in the more complex figures, where clarity is needed and often times not as well done in other books on the subject. I have bought more than one to give to friends that work in this area as well. One of the best books on the subject.
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