Paper Cutting Illustration: Create Extraordinary Books
Let's Pierce and Assamble the Carousel 1
A course by Paz Tamburrini , Illustrator
About the video: Let's Pierce and Assamble the Carousel 1
Overview
“I'll show you how to cut out the pull-down strips and show you a way to join all the pieces together to create the merry-go-round.”
In this video lesson Paz Tamburrini addresses the topic: Let's Pierce and Assamble the Carousel 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Cutting Illustration: Create Extraordinary Books. Push the boundaries of traditional books by creating a story illustrated in 3D.
Partial transcription of the video
“Cutting and Assembling the Carousel In this lesson, we're going to get to cutting. I already have all the pieces with the images transferred. For the Caterpillar, which I mentioned would be an added piece to the background layer... What we need to do if we're adding a very long piece, which is the case here, is score it using the same measurements as the layer we're going to add it to. In this case, it's the background layer, with segments every ten centimeters. So what I did was score it every ten centimeters, so that when I cut it, and put it all together, this piece will still fit. I'm g...”
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Course summary for: Paper Cutting Illustration: Create Extraordinary Books
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Category
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Areas
Bookbinding, Children's Illustration, DIY, Editorial Design, Narrative, Paper Craft, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Paz Tamburrini
A course by Paz Tamburrini
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paz Tamburrini is a professional visual artist, engraver, and illustrator who specializes in creating books using paper cutting. Her work has been published around the world in editorials such as Edelvives, La brujita de papel, Gerbera and Milrazones.
She studied a Master's in books and children's literature at the UAB and is just as fascinated by the theory of books as she is by the practical side of their creation. Her passion for turning the book itself into a narrative element led her to learn various paper engineering techniques which she uses to create pieces that awaken the curiosity of many different audiences.
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