Design Your Own Paper Lamp
Basic Folding Techniques
A course by Kate Colin , Paper-Folding Artist
About the video: Basic Folding Techniques
Overview
“Let’s start folding! This lesson will introduce you to some basic folding terminology and concepts of mountain, valley and universal folds.”
In this video lesson Kate Colin addresses the topic: Basic Folding Techniques, 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
“Basic Folding Techniques In this lesson, I will introduce you to some basic folding terminology and to the concepts of mountains, valleys and universal folds. let's ask ourselves what is folding? Folding gives paper new life. It turns a flat piece of paper into a 3-D structural shape. Folding is the manipulation of paper into a three dimensional, structural, strong form. Don't be afraid to make mistakes and spend as much time as possible exploring, bending, flexing and folding paper in new ways. Many amazing folding creations come from mistakes. spend as much time as possible just playing a...”
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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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