Pop-Up Design and Paper Mechanics: 18 Shapes to Make

This comprehensive guide to pop-up is a delightful introduction to the fun, surprising and intriguing aspects of a fascinating craft. Duncan Birmingham’s totally new and accessible approach to pop-up theory and practice distils the numerous mechanisms into a logical set of underlying shapes, and the techniques for building these shapes is methodically explained with step-by-step pictures and text. No measuring is necessary and only card, scissors and glue are needed to make highly complex folding sculptures. He demonstrates how sophisticated pop-up designs are constructed and shows how to form a 3D reference book, invaluable for professional and amateur designers interested in this craft. AUTHOR: Duncan Birmingham has taught paper mechanics at university level for 20 years and has an extensive library of books on pop-up. He is the author of several books on the subject and his ‘Pop-Up! A Manual of Paper Mechanisms’ 9781899618095 was hailed the most comprehensive book, to date, on the subject. He lives in Bristol. Also available: Making Mechanical Cards 9781861086358