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Overall, this was a delightful introduction to papercraft, and I enjoyed reading it! I would recommend it to anyone looking to get into papercraft, and for any library craft sections. Some of the projects would also work well for library programming for children, adults, or teens. Created by various designers, the one-sheet projects shown in the book are broadly categorised under folding, cutting and construction. Each project is visually explained with step-by-step illustrations and includes materials and tools required. Every chapter has clear photographs of tools needed, sample papers and artist inspirations. Basic techniques are folding, cutting, gluing, stitching and embellishing. Examples of the many projects range from origami candy dishes and Halloween decorations to lanterns, plantable paper, mini-books, cards, envelopes and more.
As someone who has loved paper, loved the look, feel and smell of paper since shopping for school supplies before the next new school year in grade school, I love reading books about the uses of paper. This book is one of many I have perused for ideas on how to manipulate paper in new and imaginative ways.
Sample project! Make a beautiful papercut cube as seen in the first photo, one of the book's 40 projects: Exploding Cube Tutorial
The projects were beautifully illustrated by the work of an artist, and it was lovely to see what can be achieved in the hands of an expert. However I thought that some of the projects went from ridiculously easy (a name card? seriously?) to much more difficult, with not much at the intermediary level. GIFTS TO GIVE Trac'e U:re templates andsecute each one to a :pieGe of G:an;f face ll0wn.Rub Cut the cara to wlth :a peneil to rranster the image. si¡z:e using ttte frame a:s. a guide, 3 When tinlsned, cut around the edge of the pattern. Using a fresh btade. carefully cut out the ---- -~q-L...ª·.\"-'\"\"---. - small details, TAKEAWAY @GIFT BOX 5 Fold the box inward. 6 Apply glue to the inside corners. then apply glue to tne comer folds as shown, V Thread a strand of rtbbon ·throu<;Jh the holes to finish. Use the alternátivet~m'l)lates to orea.te a • range of cases tllat auít Q.iffétent tynes. of gift. 30 • QUILLFlD CARD Quilled card Quilling is easíen tharí it looks, evsn if it seerns intímídattng at first. Onceyou can make the bastc.shapes, tt'sjust a matter of gluíng thern in place en thecard to maks Intsrestmg patterns. . ..... Brush Quilling paper ..... .. . ...PVA glue • Quilling, tool .... Card . You w1ll needIt's a good book to browse for ideas, and for experiments to see if you enjoy doing a particular thing. If you do, you can move on to more in-depth material. Five stars. This would be a superlative choice for the home artist, maker's groups and activity groups, school/classroom instruction, or public library acquisition.
The projects are quite varied, from decorative origami pieces, to a kite, to the wearable cuff. Some are simple, and could be done with children with supervision probably, and some more sophisticated in nature, and good jump off points for mixed media projects. I quite like the pleated lantern, and have done some things myself with sewn paper in the past. The quilled snowflake is lovely and something I am seriously considering making myself soon. I also like the slice form heart project. I have admired many other slice form pieces I have seen before, but have not tried it myself, so this is tempting.CARDS AND GIFT WRAP Cut around the eílig,es then carefu\\ly Trace the templatesand scqre along< the ttnes, lay it face.. down on your tgpaper. Rub tr.ansf_er. •• 3 4... use a b.,@'Tle fólder Make a note in the tour sídes usfng one comer •••••· tó neatly f9ld along \":'J'. rne scorea lines. of.a: hole punch, , '\\ 38
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