Paper Sculpture for Set Design
Creating More Sophisticated 3D Shapes 2
A course by Sarah Louise Matthews , Paper Engineer
Joined April 2021
About the video: Creating More Sophisticated 3D Shapes 2
Overview
“Now we'll learn how to make a cone and a sphere shape.”
In this video lesson Sarah Louise Matthews addresses the topic: Creating More Sophisticated 3D Shapes 2, 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 More Sophisticated 3D Shapes Now we know how to do this, we'll move on and learn how to make a cone. First, we need to do decide how high and wide you want your cone to be. You can then use the same technique that we did in the previous lesson to work out the length of the slope side. You can also first document in the Additional Resources, which explains how to work out the cone template and it explains how to work out the length of the slope side. Once you know the length of the slope side, you need to work out the angle to make your template. Start by drawing a line, the length ...”
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Course summary for: Paper Sculpture for Set Design
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Design, DIY, Paper Craft, Product Photography, Sculpture, Set Design, Traditional illustration

Sarah Louise Matthews
A course by Sarah Louise Matthews
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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