Tag Archives: pop-up

A Little Bit Irish

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

It’s St. Patrick’s Day and, in North America at least, pretty much everyone is a little bit Irish today. Since I am still not talking about my current project, here’s a DIY St. Patrick’s Day card you can make. Start … Continue reading →

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DIY Valentine 2019

Posted on February 3, 2019 by

In an attempt to give you a little lead time, I am posting this year’s DIY Valentine today. The structure is a pop-up that looks impressive and complex, but is quite easy to make.

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Getting Ready for a New Year

Posted on December 30, 2018 by

I am not very good about throwing things out. My work surface becomes smaller and smaller as test models and scrap paper pile up. After twenty-four advent posts, making trial models and then final models for photographing, my usable work … Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation

Posted on July 22, 2018 by

I had another glitch while making the edition copies of A Clear Midnight this week. (You can find a printable DIY copy here. It works.) I had successfully corrected, saved, printedst and made one copy of the book. Everything seemed … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Pop-up Book by Robert Urban and The Pop-up Book of Phobias

Posted on February 16, 2018 by

Tonight’s flicks are two short demos of pop-up books. The first book shows various basic pop-up structures.     The second video, The Pop-up Book of Phobias, is intended for adults, like The Architecture Pack I wrote about last Sunday. … Continue reading →

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The Architecture Pack

Posted on February 11, 2018 by

On Monday this week I was offered a copy of The Architecture Pack by Ron van der Meer and Deyan Sudjic. I accepted with alacrity (and small joyful noises) since, among other things, it is a pop-up book.

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Friday Night Flicks: Léon The Professional and Il Etait Une Fois

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

Friday Night Flicks features two videos of pop-up books: Léon The Professional and Il Etait Une Fois. Léon The Professional by Jeremias Krakowiak re-tells the story from the 1994 movie of the same name. The video clearly shows the working of the pop-up mechanisms, and … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Engineering the Perfect Pop and Wenn ich einen Garten hätte

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

Tonight’s flicks re-visit pop-up books. The first is a video of Matthew Reinhart talking about his process in designing pop-up books, the second is a video of a pop-up book created by a German kindergarten class.       You can … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Memories of Science

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

Memories of Science is an artist’s book by Dorothy Yule. Here’s an entertaining little video of the book in action.     If you are feeling particularly affluent, you can order a copy of Memories of Science through 23 Sandy Gallery. … Continue reading →

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Life in Circles

Posted on March 12, 2017 by

Occasionally I notice that my life is recursive: things appear, then disappear, then return –a bit of déja vu all over again. In August of 1996, I attended (as a guest) the combined 114th meeting of the American Ornithologists Union … Continue reading →

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