The Pop-Up Book: Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating Over 100 Original Paper Projects

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THE U L TIM ATE 'G U IDE TOe REA TIN G PAP E R POP - UPS The magical qualities of three-dimensional and moving books have universal appeal. The Por:rUp Book offers a clear and practical guide to the craft for all levels of artist, from home hobbyists to professional graphic designers and architects. Illustrated with specially commissioned photography, it includes specific projects with easy-to-follow steps, general techniques for greater personal experimentation and creativity, and a gallery of designs created by some of today's best pop-up artists for an inspirational finish.

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p BOOK Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating Over 100 Original Paper Projects

PAULJACKSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL FORRESTER

An Owl Book New York

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PUBLISHER ' S NOTE

The publisher wishes to point out that the designs in this book can all be made from thick paper or thin card (cardboard). Cardboard has been given in brackets as the American equivalent of the English tenn card. In addition , no occupation is gender than papercraft, but some general points should be remembered:

I Craft knives, scissors and cutting instruments should be used with care. I Always use a cutting board or mat to avoid damage to household surfaces. I While decorating papers, protect surfaces from paint, glue and varnish by laying down old newspapers.

Henry Ho lt and Company ,LLC

Publishers since 1866 115 West 18th Street lew York , New York 10011 Henry Holt ® is a registered trademark of Henry Holt and Company, LLC Reprinted in 1996 Copyright © 1993 by Anness Publishing Limited. All rights reserved. Published in Canada by Fitzhenry &. Whiteside Ltd. 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 4T8. Lib rary of Congress Catalog Card Number available on request ISBN 0-8050-2884-6 First Edition-1993 Produced by Anness Publishing Limited London

Project Editor Clare Nicholson Designer Michael Morey Photographer Paul Forrester Illustrator John Hutchinson Hand Model Paul Austin Editorial Director Joanna Lorenz All deSigns in this book remain the copyright of their creator and may not be reproduced for comme rcial gain Printe d in Sin gapo re 791086

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Contents INTRODUCTION

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Basics

9

TECHNIQUES

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One-piece Techniques

20

Single Slit

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Double Slit

41

Other Techniques

60

Multi-piece Techniques

68

DESIGN

94

How to Design Your Own Pop-ups

96

Single Hearts

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- . Double Hearts

114

Hearts with Arrows

130

Gallery 138 ........................................................ Index 159 ........................................................ Acknowledgements

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Introduction This book is the first to explain basic pop-up techniques comprehensively, and to show how they have been used creatively by professional paper engineers, amateurs and students. It attempts to show that, although in the hands of a master a pop-up can be a remarkably sophisticated construction, the techniques themselves are delightfully simple

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and can be used creatively by anyone. The only requirements are a few easily learned hand skills and a little imagination - but then, that is no more than any art or craft requires. Defining exactly what is, or is not, a pop-up is an awkward and perhaps pedantic exercise, but an important one. For the purposes of this book, a pop-up is a self-

erecting, three-dimensional structure, formed by the action of opening a crease. This definition does not include rotating disks, lift-up flaps, pull tabs and other two-dimensional paper-engineered devices commonly, if mistakenly, described as pop-ups. Whatever their exact definition, pop-ups are wonderful magical structures that confound our