POP-UP WORKSHOPS
Paper engineering: from easy-peasy to challenging
Pop-Up Lab
Experiment like a scientist and an artist--paper engineers are both!
I guide participants through the creation of a series of pop-ups. The structures start off easy and increase in difficulty. The pace is adapted to the abilities of the group.
The next step is to illustrate the pop-ups, add some text, and display them or give them away. Or, keep them as samples for future projects. Experiment, make mistakes and discoveries.
Ages: 4 to 104
Past project: Our First Pop-Ups
Other Examples:
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A mouth (a person, an animal)
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A circle (a soccer ball, a planet)
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A house (a treehouse, a haunted house)
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A boat (a pirate ship, a flower pot)
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A v-fold (a rocket, a butterfly)
Pop-Up Folio
A folio is a piece of paper folded in half, like a greeting card. With heavy card stock as the base and thinner card for the pop-up inside, you have a little home for the project of your choice. Write directly on the folio or on a piece of paper in a pocket glued to the cover.
This project includes some basic paper engineering techniques but focuses on one main pop-up.
Ages: 6 to 106
Past projects: Popping Up in History Class, Pop-Up Riddles, Halloween Pop-Up
Other Examples:
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A face (biography)
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A pyramid (history)
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A volcano (environmental studies)
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A book and reader (language arts)
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A bar graph (math)
Pop-Up Book
This workshop starts off with an introduction to pop-ups and the basic techniques ("The Pop-Up Lab"). Participants compose the text and I help them decide which pop-ups are best suited to their story. Then they assemble the pop-ups (usually between five and seven). I demonstrate how to create the cover and, if there's a lot of text, a pocket for folded sheets of text.
Ages: 6 to 106
Past projects: Animals and Emotions, Environmental Studies
Other Examples:
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Animals
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Space
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Abstract shapes
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A fairy tale
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Places I'd like to visit
Pop-Up Carousel NEW!
This workshop also starts off with an introduction to pop-ups and the basic techniques ("The Pop-Up Lab").
A pop-up carousel is four collapsible “rooms” that look like a simple book when closed. When open, they form a 360-degree “house.” The four sections can contain pop-ups and movable elements, such as a door, a picture or a clock. The text can be written or printed and glued directly on the carousel or a booklet can be housed in a pocket on the back cover.
Ages: 10 to 110
Examples
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A 19th century house
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A dream house
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Math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
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The elements (earth, air, fire, water)
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The four seasons
“The students got very involved in the project. It’s a really stimulating workshop! What the students enjoyed most was realizing that they were capable of making their own pop-ups. Kate is wonderful and super organized. I loved this workshop and so did the kids!”