Learn how to create a page of a pop-up book with Silvia Hijano Coullaut

Silvia Hijano Coullaut teaches you how to create and configure the main pop-up elements of a pop-up book

Pop-up books refer to those that, when opened, have elements that jump in front of our eyes creating incredible effects. Silvia Hijano Coullaut (@silvia_libracos), the founder of the Libracos studio, is a true expert in paper engineering.

In this video, she shares with Domestika, in the form of a small creative tidbit, part of her process for creating a pop-up book. Silvia Hijano shows you the combined technique of a basic "V" mechanism with tabs, combining a folded paper—a kind of simple origami—that will fill the whole scene horizontally once the page of the book is opened. Learn how to create pop-up elements of a pop-up book:

When creating a page for a pop-up book, there are a number of considerations to take into account:

1. First, draw the elements you want to include in the page and mark on them the necessary die cuts and folds.