Paper Cutting Techniques for Storytelling
Sketching the Story
A course by Karishma Chugani , Artist, Illustrator, and Educator
Joined August 2011
About the video: Sketching the Story
Overview
“In this lesson, I will talk about the balance between planning a story and leaving room for play, chance, errors, and surprises. I will walk you through how to use a storyboard to define the rhythm and movement of your theatre book. I will show you snippets of my own process and invite you to find your own path. ”
In this video lesson Karishma Chugani addresses the topic: Sketching the Story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Cutting Techniques for Storytelling. Learn the manual techniques to craft a theater book using paper and scissors.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I will talk to you about how to plan a storyboard while at the same time leaving room for errors, surprises, chance, and mistakes. I will explain to you my own process, show you snippets of my own storyboard, and talk to you about rhythm separating the scenes of her story, and planning the entire story. before making your theater book. To illustrate the process, I'm going to show you a theater book I made of the Elephant's Child, the same story we saw in the lesson about storytelling objects. So what is a theater book? A theater book is a silent book. And it's a wonderful to...”
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Course summary for: Paper Cutting Techniques for Storytelling
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Narrative, Paper Craft, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Karishma Chugani
A course by Karishma Chugani
Karishma Chugani is an artist, designer, writer, and illustrator from Morocco. She has a degree in Fashion Design with Printing from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, and a Masters in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths University in Design Futures.
Karishma has worked as a fashion designer, published several books, and participated in collective and solo exhibitions internationally. She also teaches creative workshops to children, teachers, and illustrators at her mobile school L’École de Papier, as well as institutions like Institut Français Madrid & Casablanca, Casablanca American School, Colegio Santa Isabel Madrid, and Libreria Gil in Santander. Her clients include Jerraflore, Le Chocolat des Francais, Marketing Magazine France, Jamini Paris, and the toy shop Wonderland.
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