Maurice Sendak (Where the wild things are) working with Matthew Reinhart (popup engineering genius). Be still my beating heart! Video by Duncan Birmingham, who is EXCELLENT at teaching how to create popups: not merely templates (although he has some of them too) but he teaches the how and why, with examples, so we can make our own.

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxF_E6ndIgwraKc4n02s2-Y4yiV8PMKpVU?si=sWxUINUD4VOylZbV #PopUpBooks

✂️ Maurice Sendak AND Matthew Reinhart? Be still my beating heart!

15 seconds · Clipped by Dark Matter Zine · Original video "Pop-Up Tutorial 29 - Asymmetric V-fold - Part 2" by The Pop-Up Channel

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A deep bow to @kellianderson for the astonishing ambition of Alphabet in Motion. My favorite pop-up mechanisms are those that clearly explain principles of type design that are difficult to show in static images: the asymmetry of S and O; the optical correction devices of overshoot and horizontal/vertical stroke weights; the concept of variable axes. It’s not only beautiful and fun, it’s a godsend for educators! #KelliAnderson #PopupBooks #TypeDesign #Lettering

Les Farfadets, Brian Froud, Albin Michel Jeunesse, Paris, 1985. Second édition. Pop up book, mechanics all functional and in vg condition. Previous owner author of Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle, inscription, "This book belongs to Kevin & April Eastman." In pen on first page. Light soiling to covers

https://www.splendorsolisbooks.com/product/3106/Les-Farfadets

#splendorsolisbooks #booksky #popupbooks #bookstodon

A page from my Our Flag Means Death -themed pop-up album.

Lopetan massapostailun tähän, en normaalisti tee näin montaa postausta kerralla.

Tämä sivu on Our Flag Means Death albumista, joka on järkälemäinen laitos. Tämän sivun rakentaminen oli ehkä koko albumin haastavin asia. Aallot olivat helppoja, ne toimivat v-mekanismilla. Mutta majakan kanssa piti vähän tuumailla. Majakan sisällä on neliskulmainen laatikkomekanismi, jossa ikkunat ja majakan ulko-osa on kuusikulmainen, niiden yhteen sovittaminen ei ollut kaikista helpon nakki. Lopuksi yhdistin tähän kaikkeen kääntömekanismin, joka tuo lonkerot majakan lähelle, mekanismien sijoittelu vaati vähän laskemista, jotta ne kaikki aukeavat ja sulkeutuvat oikein. Rakensin kyseisen sivun varmaan kolme kertaa. Ei siitä täydellistä tullut, mutta ihan kelvoillinen.

#papercraft #popupbooks #ourflagmeansdeath #ourflagmeansdeathfanart #askartelu #käsityö

Some pop up books. Open today through Sunday. 21 Market St, Northampton Mass.

The Mayfield Parrish Pop Up Book, Jill L. Anderson, Pomegrannate Artbooks, Rohnert Park, 1994. VG+. Mechanics in good working order.

https://www.splendorsolisbooks.com/products/category/309/~/~/Pop-Up-Books

#art #artbooks #artbook #popupbooks

Halley's Comet Pop Up Book, Patrick Moore, Deans International Publishing, London, 1985. VG. All pieces in good working order.

https://www.splendorsolisbooks.com/products/category/309/~/~/Pop-Up-Books

#art #books #popupbooks #splendorsolisbooks

Por fin he escrito en el blog sobre cómo ha sido hacer pop-ups para el tráiler de The Plucky Squire junto a @paperjulia . Hay trasfondo, fotitos tras las escenas y algunos vídeos inéditos.

https://blog.carbonara.es/2024/10/06/tras-el-trailer-de-el-escudero-valiente/

#PopUpBooks #Papercraft #IndieGame #ThePluckySquire

Hoy he arreglado este pop-up que apareció vaciando un desván. Publicado en Barcelona en 1968, tiene solo cuatro escenas. Todas ellas están cortadas y "sacadas" de una misma tira continua de papel grueso, doblada en acordeón. Era (y es) una manera de reducir al mínimo el manipulado necesario para producir el libro y, con ello, su coste final.

Hemos encontrado otros dos libros, del 67 y del 64. Cuando los arregle, los enseño también.

#PopUpBooks #PaperEngineering #LibrosPopUp

How fantabulously amazing is this?? The great Rod Campbell brings us My Stand-up Dinosaurs 🦖🦕 !!!! Rrrrrooooaaaaarrrrrrrr!!

Just arrived from Macmillan Children's Books !

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #dinosaurs #MyStandUpDinosaurs #PopUpBooks #RodCampbell #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon

⛵ TENGO UN KICKSTARTER EN MARCHAAAAA ⚓

Tras casi dos años de desarrollo, lanzamos kickstarter para imprimir un libro pop-up chulísimo sobre la Copa América. Lo escribe Santi Serrat, que es una eminencia del mundo naval, y yo le hago la ingeniería del papel.

Está feo decirlo, pero nos ha quedado genial. Durante las tres semanas que nos quedan contaré cositas del desarrollo.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acsailingpop-upbook/americas-cup-legendary-sailing-yachts-pop-up-book

#AmericasCup #Sailing #Vela #Navegación #Kickstarter #PopUpBooks #FediGiftShop