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Untitled. Increíbles Tarjetas Pop-Up de Arquitectura Origámica por Kami Kaze. Page Title. Untitled. Designing origamic architecture is not hard, but it does take a lot of time and patience.

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The art form has as many possibilities and your imagination is the limit. This mini lesson will take you through the beginning steps of designing origamic architecture. Most common in OA are houses and buildings: these are easy (relatively speaking) in that they are linear. Cutting straight lines with an X-acto knife and a ruler is straightforward. Be careful though, X-acto knives are sharp and you wouldn’t want to hurt yourself or slice too long a line. OA which have domes, curls, or swirls are made the same way as linear cuts. 31 Artists Transforming Everyday Paper Into Stunning Works of Paper Art. Paper Artist Selection Showcases the Best in Contemporary Paper Cutting. This post may contain affiliate links.

Paper Artist Selection Showcases the Best in Contemporary Paper Cutting

If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please read our disclosure for more info. As an age-old artistic medium, paper remains a key player in contemporary art. From folded forms to colossal installations, paper art continues to inspire artists today. About — Jeff Nishinaka Paper Sculpture. Jeff Nishinaka is a paper sculptor from Los Angeles whose handcrafted work is commissioned around the globe by private and public companies and celebrities.

About — Jeff Nishinaka Paper Sculpture

From ethereal lines in a mythical creature to geometric shapes in a cityscape, Nishinaka draws from fantasy and reality to create monochromatic objects in relief. His fascination with art started at a young age, as a fan of Norman Rockwell, 1960s cartoons, Marvel comic books and the Japanese comic book “Astro Boy.” After attending University of California, Los Angeles, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Home. Bolas de natal de papel - Madame Criativa - Decoração, Artesanato, Festas, Receitas e Ideias. Acredite: com apenas duas folhas de papel colorido é possível fazer estas lindas esferas trançadas e arrasar na decoração de natal!

Bolas de natal de papel - Madame Criativa - Decoração, Artesanato, Festas, Receitas e Ideias

7 Templates for Slide-Together Geometric Paper Constructions « Math Craft. The "slide-together" paper construction method is a fun and satisfying way to build 3D geometric objects.

7 Templates for Slide-Together Geometric Paper Constructions « Math Craft

It only requires paper, scissors or an exacto knife, and some patience. In Tuesday's post, we explored the slide-together method, using ordinary playing cards to build the platonic solids. In today's post, we are going to extend this method by making polyhedral objects using regular polygons cut out of card stock. George Hart has both designed and provided brief instructions on constructing six different fascinating geometric objects in this manner. ★ Origamic Architecture Instructions & Free Kirigami Templates ★ Architectural Origami Inspiration Roundup.

★ Origamic Architecture Instructions & Free Kirigami Templates ★

Items of a delicate nature – Kerri Bradford Studio. Okay, so it’s not what you think, but it got your attention, yes?

items of a delicate nature – Kerri Bradford Studio

:) I often get questions about how to cut the more delicate shapes. What is the trick? And just the other day, one of my readers asked if I had tried to cut the snowflake page from the December Additions: The Pages kit on a small scale. Would it work? I took the challenge. Showcasing Beautiful Collection of Unusual Paper Artwork and Paper Sculptures. Behance. Two Points and More. Exploring more about three diameters I again wondered about one diameter and the first fold (continuation from last month) and what else I have not seen.

Two Points and More

So I go over it one more time. Marking two points on the circumference and touching them together creasing the circle in half forms a line of symmetry, the diameter. By connecting the 4 points showing 6 lines of distance between them reveals a kite shape. How-To - geometric kirigami pop-ups. If you’ve already had some experience with kirigami and origamic architecture, then the basic instructions I typically supply to people who want to try my designs read as follows: 1.

How-To - geometric kirigami pop-ups

Print the template onto regular paper. 2. Tape or very lightly glue-stick one edge of the template to the card. 3. Through the paper into the card, score all the fold lines with an embossing point. 4. Cut all the cut lines with a scalpel or xacto. 5. That’s really all there is to it. ...but if you still want the most detailed, most complete description of (what I consider to be) the best methods and practices for constructing these designs, then please, dear reader, read on. For teaching and diagrammatic purposes, We will use the “5x5 building blocks” model. Also it’s worth noting that the instructions that follow are not set in stone. Ullagami How-To - geometric kirigami pop-ups.

[Papercutting 101] What Paper? by ScarletLeonard on DeviantArt. Nahokatayama. Paper cutting. Congratulations to Jonnie, shockingsilk and omiyage_ca.

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Bio - papernoodle. Setting the Crease. Wonko – Paper Man I am Peter (wonko) Whitehouse. I am a husband and father, a Teacher, Author and out and proud Geek. I am @wonko42 on twitter, www.facebook.com/wonko and can be contacted via email on pwhitehouse [at] optusnet[dot]com[dot]au I have been folding Origami (a closet habit) since first introduced to it as an 11 year old who was entertaining a house guest at the time. Matsumitsu Inada, then a young chap out of college in Osaka came to stay for a while – he sat down and taught me the crane which was my first foray into paper folding, like it is for so many. I am an entusiast, would not consider myself an expert but like to push my own knowledge and try things that look trickey.

Always on the look out for new designs, this blog will hopefully capture some interesting models. Print references For reference, I will including bases the models are derived from. Tools of the trade Folder – with beer and asp. Eckman Fine Art. 10 Amazing Papercraft Design Artists. Most of us had fun in our youth creating paper airplanes and reveling in joy when they actually flew in a straight line. Some people, however, have taken that fascination with paper to new heights in what can be best described as Papercraft – the intricate art of creating 3D structures made purely out of paper and card. By literally using flat pieces of paper, artists have proven that there are endless possibilities for what shapes and structures you can mould and produce. There are so many outstanding and diverse styles of papercraft designs out there that, an art from, it really does stand alone on a creative level. Here’s a few such amazing works of designers who would laugh at your pathetic attempts at origami.

Wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Paper-Craft-Quilling-by-Yulia-Brodskaya-0. Paper Art - 100 Extraordinary Examples of Paper Art. Paper art can be traced back to Japan, where it originated over a thousand years ago. From complex paper cutting to book carving, this is an ever expanding area of design that is hardly talked about.

These intricate paper designs grace museums and exauhibitions throughout the world and is becoming yet another exciting medium of expression for many designers. Some of the artists featured here use simple materials, such as A4 printing papeel, while others resort to unexpected materials, such as actual books, as their prime materials.