Paper Crafts

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

Lovepop Reinvigorates The Humble Greeting Card with Engineered Pop-Up Scenes

Lovepop applies naval architecture to make amazing pop-up cards, and show high school kids how to think like an engineering entrepreneur.

The ever-industrious Adam Savage uses foamcore and a hobby knife to bring his childhood back to life.

In order to get the right look and feel for her “Southern Winds” music video, Jane Lui built a number of cardboard and papier-mâché sets.

Cardboard is great material to work with: Its cheap, widely available, relatively sturdy, and super easy to work with.

Artist Raya Sader Bujana creates paper sculptures of Olympic sports entirely by hand using the serial plane technique.

If you’ve ever wondered how US politics look like to outsiders this “Rock’em Sock’em” Clinton vs. Trump board game gives an idea.

There’s an element of surprise in pop-up books. Paul Johnson’s Pop-Up books use this moment of delight to inspire kids to read and write.