Pop-Up Design and Paper Mechanics: How to Make Folding Paper Sculpture

This comprehensive guide to pop-up design and paper mechanics is a delightful introduction to the intriguing aspects of a fascinating craft.

This new and accessible approach to pop-up theory and practice distills the numerous mechanisms into a logical set of 18 underlying shapes and explains the techniques for building these shapes.

The author demonstrates how sophisticated pop-up designs are constructed and shows how to form a three- dimensional reference book.Invaluable for both professional and amateur designers.Appeals to craft-hobby enthusiasts who make their own greeting cards, but is also a useful aid to teachers of art, design and technology, designers, illustrators and sculptors.