Paper Crafts

Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.

HOW TO – Excellent Papier-Mache

Writer/puppeteer Mary Robinette Kowal has an excellent piece on papier-mache. Papier-mache is one of the oldest forms for creating puppets and so a lot of people think that there must be something better out there. Actually, there are very few contenders. Done well, papier-mache is light, strong, fast, and non-toxic. I know, we’ve all had […]

HOW TO – Kusudama Ball

Folding Trees shares a two–part tutorial for making these elegant Japanese flower balls called kusudama. The Japanese kusudama is a paper ball made out of multiple identical origami shapes glued together. They were traditionally used as a ball for incense or potpourri but now we see them more for decoration or as a gift.