Advanced Techniques for Creating Pop-Up Books

Overview

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A big arrow just went through your heart. Eight seconds have been enough for you to inevitably lose your mind.

In this lesson we are going to make several mechanisms: two of a turning platform that will hold our heart and a platform with a tensioning arm that will stretch our thread so that it turns and we achieve the turning effect we want. You will need string, a piece of acetate or polypropylene, and a plastic or wooden stick.”

In this video lesson Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos) addresses the topic: Page 1: "You just fell in love" (Part 1), 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

“Page 1 It's time to get started with our project. I wanted to do something spectacular that you can make at home and I decided to make a dimensional map. I once saw a book that folded out like a map and I decided to integrate the engineering. It looks spectacular, you'll see, and you can adapt it to your story. The topic I chose is love because I saw a report on neuroscience and the mayhem in our brain when we fall in love. I thought it was interesting to combine something so technical and romantic, which is similar to a pop-up book. I'll start with the first page, but I'll explain each ste...”

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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