Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
Learn how to make pop up cards with the tutorials on the Extreme Cards and Papercrafting blog (the menu of lessons is on the right). Picutred here is pop up card tutorial lesson 15 – X forms. From the pages of CRAFT: 05: “Kinetic Cards: DIY Pop Up Engineering,” by Bonnie Burton. pgs 55-56. Preview […]
Pepper Paints has a tutorial on how to make a newspaper hut — a fun structure for kids to play around with. [ via Folding Trees ]
Collin @ MAKE points us to this clever interactive artwork: “Fold Loud” by JooYoun Paek (NYC) is a musical toy played by making folds to complete various electrical contacts. The design uses conductive fabric and threads to perform on the flexible paper surface. It uses human voices, and when multiple contacts are made, they harmonize. […]
Hot Tea Apparel shows us how to make this cute knitting-themed greeting card using embroidery floss and toothpicks.
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Here’s a tutorial by Maya from upstate New York for making party hats from newspaper and faux flowers! They look very festive and easy, great for a kid’s birthday party or just a summer picnic.
From the CRAFT Flickr pool: user kittykatkards from Maryland made this supportive ogre card for the special grumpy someone in your life.
Patti @ MAKE points us to two great free papercraft animal patterns: Papercraft Paradise has links to a couple really neat paper models. Konicaminolta has a wonderful fiddler crab model. There are 2 PDFs – one has the parts, the other has instructions. And Kirin has a cute polar bear papercraft with a wobbly head; […]
