Advanced Techniques for Creating Pop-Up Books

Overview

“In this lesson you will see how the elements with more dimension are created. Grid elements are used extensively in most trade books to achieve volumes, as they are less bulky than 3D figures. You will also see how 3D geometric figures are created that will give a lot of spectacularity to your designs.”

In this video lesson Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos) addresses the topic: Mobile elements (Part 3), 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 3) In this lesson, we'll learn another mechanism that I really like, which is the grid. They add a lot of dimension and they're formed by vertical and horizontal pieces. Most commercial books have lots of these mechanisms combined with others, to provide volume. They're also called "kirigami". In our book project, we'll use the same one we're doing now but making it a little more complex. We have the base, I've done a cut on one side and we'll stick on the other, as always, and we have a cube like the one before, but without a lid. Stick it together. It has some groove...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 20 lessons (4h 4m)
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• Category

  Craft

• Areas

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