Advanced Techniques for Creating Pop-Up Books

Overview

“In this lesson we are going to discover how the turning element is made. They are very versatile mechanisms and depending on how they are used they can create great effects. They occupy very little and greatly animate our pages. Having clear the bases of its manufacture, we can do very interesting things.”

In this video lesson Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos) addresses the topic: Mobile elements (Part 2), which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced Techniques for Creating Pop-Up Books. Learn different mechanisms to create your own three-dimensional book with multiple settings.

Partial transcription of the video

“Mobile elements (Part 2) We're going to look at one of my favorite mechanisms: twist mechanisms. They make things leap out of books when you open them. They're normally very small and the most important thing about them is for the creases to be right. You have to do creases both ways. If that works, the things will come out, you'll see. I'll show you three basic ones which will help you do many things. We have the base. Here, I've made some marks with the burin so that I know where to put the figures, it marks out the length of the figure and where to put it. On the template, it's blue, sti...”

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Course summary for: Advanced Techniques for Creating Pop-Up Books

• Level: Beginner
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• 20 lessons (4h 4m)
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  Craft

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  Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, Creating with Kids, Editorial Design, Paper Craft