Papercraft Specialization: Techniques for Three-Dimensional Designs

Overview

“I'll show you how to build a fold-out merry-go-round book. In this model, the layers are made up of accordion-folded strips of paper that are gradually reduced to create air between them. This will enhance the sense of depth.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Pull-Out Carousel, which is part of the Domestika online course: Papercraft Specialization: Techniques for Three-Dimensional Designs. Explore artistic papercraft by creating three-dimensional compositions using cutting, assembling, and modeling techniques with paper and cardboard..

Partial transcription of the video

“Folding Carousel In this unit we'll learn how to build a folding carousel. Folding carousels are a marriage of pop-up and accordion books. They're built by layering strips of paper that decrease in size proportionally. Let's open one to take a look. In this example, we can see one strip, the pink one, which serves as the background layer, a middle layer and a layer that serves as the frame. If I stretch it out a bit, we can see how the sizes proportionally decrease. As with the modular carousel, we'll be able to create small dioramas and we can also choose the overall height as well as the ...”

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Course summary for: Papercraft Specialization: Techniques for Three-Dimensional Designs

• Level: Beginner
• 16 students
• 6 units
• 81 lessons (16h 43m)
• 45 downloads

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, Children's Illustration, Decoration, DIY, Fine Arts, Paper Craft, Storytelling