Advanced Papercraft Techniques: Designing with Paper
We are going to make skeleton and legs of our bird
A course by Diana Beltran Herrera , Industrial Designer
Joined October 2017
About the video: We are going to make skeleton and legs of our bird
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain step by step how I build the skeleton of my bird and how I do the legs. We will use a card of the same density and a light color. ”
In this video lesson Diana Beltran Herrera addresses the topic: We are going to make skeleton and legs of our bird, which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced Papercraft Techniques: Designing with Paper. Explore the possibilities of paper by transforming designs into volumetric shapes.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. i'll explain how to construct the skeleton and legs. After cutting all the necessary materials in the previous lesson. we can now begin assembling. To create the skeleton. you'll need strips. These strips are crucial for forming the basic framework. ensuring stability and support. I typically cut the strips to about 5 millimeters since this is for a small bird. If it were larger. i'd cut them thicker. I begin by forming a circle. Use your fingers to assist... Rotate the paper as needed. I constructing the skeleton. ensuring each piece is aligned properly for stability. To fo...”
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Course summary for: Advanced Papercraft Techniques: Designing with Paper
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Arts & Crafts, Design, Paper Craft, Sculpture, Traditional illustration

Diana Beltran Herrera
A course by Diana Beltran Herrera
After graduating as an industrial designer from the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá, Diana decided to explore design from a more experimental perspective, studying the different qualities of cheap and ordinary materials such as paper and cardboard and developing simple ways to transform them and give them a new value and use.
Nature and animals are very present in Diana Beltrán's work, which she explores endlessly through papercraft.
Her work has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the United States, where she has participated in group and solo shows. She has also worked for international clients in editorial design, advertising, window dressing, events, and interior design projects, working for 215 McCann, Olivari Olive Oil, Volevatch, Longwood Gardens US, ENI, Marina Rinaldi, Lebeau-Courally, James Cropper UK, Hodder and Stoughton UK, Horse Mag, On investing magazine, the Libertine Lindenberg Hotel, Restaurant Auberge de l'Ill, Mercedes Salazar, and UH Hospitals USA.
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