Paper Sculpture for Set Design

Creating Simple 3D Shapes 1

A course by Sarah Louise Matthews , Paper Engineer

Paper Engineer. Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Joined April 2021
100% positive reviews (139)
3,962 students
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About the video: Creating Simple 3D Shapes 1

Overview

“In this lesson, I will teach you how to turn a flat sheet of paper into a range of 3D paper shapes, which you can use, adapt and combine to create innumerable different paper objects. I'll start by showing you how to make a 3D bud and cube.”

In this video lesson Sarah Louise Matthews addresses the topic: Creating Simple 3D Shapes 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Sculpture for Set Design. Learn paper crafting techniques to create beautiful 3D illustrations and structures for a product photography set.

Partial transcription of the video

“Creating Simple 3D Shapes In this lesson, I'll teach you how to turn a flat sheet of paper into a 3D form, which you can use and combine create a numerable different 3D objects. By the end of this lesson, I'll show you how to create this 3D flower bud for the final project using shapes glued back to back, this 3D cube and this 3D pyramid. Let's learn how to make the bud. Use this method for any symmetrical shape. You need to cut out the shapes, fold it down the centre line and then glue them back to back. For my example, I'm creating the oval shapes to use my bud and the templates will be i...”

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Course summary for: Paper Sculpture for Set Design

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (139)
  • 3962 students
  • 5 units
  • 22 lessons (4h 20m)
  • 17 downloads
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    Craft
  • Areas

    Arts & Crafts, Design, DIY, Paper Craft, Product Photography, Sculpture, Set Design, Traditional illustration

Sarah Louise Matthews

Sarah Louise Matthews
A course by Sarah Louise Matthews

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Sarah Matthews is a paper engineer based in Yorkshire, England who has been making things out of paper for as long as she can remember. She went on to study textile surface design at university, but soon realized that her true passion lay in working with paper and so decided to specialize in it. After graduating she began selling her paper products on Etsy and sharing them on social media, where her work began attracting commissions.

Since then, she’s built a following of over 30K on Instagram and created paper window displays for brands including Ted Baker, Pandora, and Selfridges. She’s also written for Mollie Makes Magazine and published her own book, Paper Craft Home, in which she shares her expertise.


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Paper Sculpture for Set Design. Craft course by Sarah Louise Matthews

Paper Sculpture for Set Design

A course by Sarah Louise Matthews
Paper Engineer. Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Joined April 2021
  • 100% positive reviews (139)
  • 3,962 students