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Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part Four

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Byopia Press

I am still on the hunt for the origin of the structure Wendy Feldberg used for her little swatch book. I briefly thought I had found it when I saw a very small image of this book by Cherryl Moote, … Continue reading →

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Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part Three

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Byopia Press

I ended last week’s post with the image of these pockets created by folding and interlocking pieces of paper and card stock. (If you missed the previous posts, you might want to go back and look at Part One and … Continue reading →

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Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part Two

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Byopia Press

Last Sunday I ended the description of my paper experiments with this structure. But wait … there’s more!

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Friday Night Flicks: Origami Lucky Hearts

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Byopia Press

Friday Night Flicks are not usually instruction videos, but Valentine’s Day is coming, and this is a little paper folding project that is easy enough for beginners and can be made out of almost nothing.     If you would … Continue reading →

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Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part One

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Byopia Press

On December 30, 2020, Wendy Feldberg posted images on Instagram of one of the books she makes for storing swatched samples of her inks. In response to requests, she posted some images of the construction a day later.

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An Early Start

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Byopia Press

It seems that 2021 might be a year when more people than usual will be sending postal valentines to loved ones, so I thought I would present this year’s Byopia Press valentine to allow time for making and mailing.

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Friday Night Flicks: UFO5

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Byopia Press

The last two Friday Night Flicks for January feature papercut artists. Today’s video is from Machas and promotes one of the artists they represent as he creates his installation piece “Variazioni Bertallot”.     If you want to try your … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2020: Day Twenty-three and Three Games

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Byopia Press

Fox and Geese was a favourite outdoor winter game when I was in primary school. After a fresh snowfall, some of us would try to get to school early so that we could tramp out the course to be ready … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2020: Day Twenty-two and Cube Stars

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Byopia Press

This is an up-dated version of a post from 2017 with instructions for an unusual star folded from strips of paper. ***** I found the instructions for these stars on a Danish website.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2020: Day Twenty-one and Paper Rockets

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Byopia Press

A paper rocket is a more active toy than a tangram or a thaumatrope, particularly if you have a cat in the house to chase the paper rocket after it is launched. Shown below is the last remaining rocket from … Continue reading →

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