18 Shapes to Make
By Duncan Birmingham
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd 2016
£5.99 UK/$9.95 US
ISBN 978-1-78494-165-9
Star rating: ****
This 48-page booklet is an abbreviated version of Duncan
Birmingham’s 2010 title, Pop-Up Design and Paper Mechanics: How to Make Folding Paper Sculpture. If you want a
no-frills crash course on pop-up card designing – just the facts – then this
streamlined format could be just the ticket.
As a guide to pop-up mechanisms, the combo of simple photos
and line diagrams successfully explains how to make things work, although you
will have to put on your thinking cap to imagine the card actions. Next time
up: a pop-up You Tube channel, please!
The upfront sections on Working Practice and Simple Rules
are clear and concise. Handy hints are sprinkled throughout - suggestions on how to refine results, avoid pratfalls, or up your game. I liked the
suggested approach of pop-up sketching – encouraging the reader to experiment.
The idea of gluing experiments back-to-back to make a pop-up portfolio has
wings.
Featured pop-up mechanisms include several varieties of
V-fold, Parallel Fold, Open-topped shapes (boat shapes), Twisting Mechanism
(double-action!), and Bending Planes (spirals can be used to make easy-peasy
pop-ups).
This title would make a good gift for a papercrafting
newbie, whether an older child or adult.
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