Design Your Own Paper Lamp
Materials and Tools
A course by Kate Colin , Paper-Folding Artist
About the video: Materials and Tools
Overview
“In this lesson I will give you an overview of paper as a material. I will discuss the main elements that should be taken into account when working with paper, show you a variety of papers of different weights and demonstrate how they fold differently. We’ll then have a look at some tools and materials we’ll be using during the course which I’ll look at individually and explain how and when each one is used. ”
In this video lesson Kate Colin addresses the topic: Materials and Tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design Your Own Paper Lamp. Create a unique origami-inspired lampshade by learning various paper-folding techniques and crease patterns.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials and Tools In this lesson, I will give you an overview of paper as a material. I'll discuss the main elements to be taken into account when working with paper and I'll show you a variety of papers and different colours and show you what needs to be taken into account when folding with them. Then we will look at the tools we'll be using during the course, what each one does and how we'll be using them differently. And of course, I'll run through all the tools we need during the course. Paper is a highly versatile material and can be sourced more or less anywhere in the world. It's c...”
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Course summary for: Design Your Own Paper Lamp
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decoration, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Lighting Design, Paper Craft
Kate Colin
A course by Kate Colin
Kate Colin is a paper-folding artist and lighting designer based in Glasgow. Her earliest memory of creating paper art was at the age of eight, when her mathematician father would make polyhedra models out of paper. Since then, she’s been creating handmade paper designs, with her first exhibition being The Lighthouse, Scotland's Center for Design and Architecture in Glasgow. After being awarded the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, Kate had the opportunity to be mentored by the leading paper-folding artists in Switzerland and Italy as a QEST Scholar.
Her work has also been exhibited in London Design Fair and Manchester Craft & Design Center. She has received numerous awards from different organizations like The Heritage Craft Association, Visual Artist & Craft Maker Award (Creative Scotland), and Crafts Council Hothouse Programme. Her work has been featured in publications such as Stylist, Elle Decoration, Loader Monteith Architects, and FT Weekend. In addition to hosting workshops from her studios, she also takes private commissions from clients like V&A Dundee, Anncoc Whisket, and Charlotte’s Place, among others.
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