July 30: Pop Up Art
Intro
There are many ways to make pop up art. today we will use a simple techniqie to make a Pop up card or to narrate a story via a pop up.
You will need:
paper, scissors, glue, pencil, ruler
Guide
1. Take a 1/2 sheet of a4 paper and fold it in half. See the below tutorial to create cuts in the paper as shown.
1. Select the paper that you intend to use on the inside of the card and, using a pencil, lightly mark it’s center fold.
3. For each rectangle, cut along those sides which are perpendicular to 3. the fold (marked with a red solid line). Score the lines that are parallel to the center fold, DO NOT cut along them (marked with a yellow/blue dash line). Fold gently along the center fold, wherever there are no rectangles. Push the boxes gently inwards, noticing the “mountain” folds and the “valley” folds. Pinch the corners of each box to set the fold into its new direction.
2. Draw one or more rectangles of any size, located anywhere on the card. There is a rule you must follow: The depth of the rectangle is the same as the distance of the rectangle’s base from the center fold (in the photo below you can see I’ve marked it: x = x, y= y). If you don’t follow this rule, the rectangles will be distorted, the angles at the corners will not be 90 degrees.
4. Carefully close the card, making sure to flatten the creases you initially scored. You can use the boxes as a base for glued-on decorative images, or even use them as the main popping element of the card.
2. Create colorful items you would like to pop up from your card. Each person should have a different object and not the same thing as another. Here are some ideas: birds, buildings, a cricket ball and a bat, a flower blooming, see these examples (link) for ideas.
3. Attach to the pop up card and open close to test if it works!
4. If you want a challenge, see the below examples for a way to make another, more advanced pop up card. There are so many things you can do with pop up! Here's an example of a pop up storybook.
Here’s some inspiration!
Source: https://littlegreenbox.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/pop-up-tutorial-2-asymmetric-box-fold/