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Title: Elements Of Pop Up : A Pop Up Book For Aspiring Paper Engineers by James Diaz, David A. Carter ISBN: 0-689-82224-3 Publisher: Little Simon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The strength of this book lies in its website
Comment: Elements of Pop Up is one of the few How To Make Pop-Ups books that features patterns for moving parts like wheel/tab mechanisms, which is why I purchased it. However, don't expect to be able to create anything extrememly fancy with this one. The examples are made of simple shapes that expect the user to expand upon them as necessary--this can be a detriment when you're trying to figure out how to alter the pattern to make something more complicated. The most useful part of the book, ironically, isn't even in the book: it's online at www.popupbooks.com, Carter's website. In the Surprise section, one can download all the patterns for making every example shown. Don't pass up buying the book, though. You'll most likely need Elements of Pop Up at your side to figure out how to assemble all your cut out pieces correctly. If you'd rather follow instructions and complete specific projects, I'd recommend Carter/Diaz's other book, Let's Make It Pop-Up! (ISBN 0-689-86508-2), which has pre-printed pictures and contains projects like Blooming Flower and Huggy Bear.
Rating: 4
Summary: Wow! Wanna-be pop-up artists, take a look at this!
Comment: When you first open the cover of this amazing book, you will be ASTOUNDED by the pop-up on the first page - one of the most incredible I've ever seen in a mass-marketed book - and you will immediately want to learn how to do something like that! However, be forewarned: this is NOT a how-to book. You won't be given a tidy list of instructions: "Fold line A, cut at B, join to C, fold and WALLA! A dinosaur!" What you WILL get is all the building blocks you need, in the form of examples of every conceivable type of pop-up mechanism (including ones you've probably never seen before, like neat-o spinning disks), to make incredible pop-ups like the one on the first page. This is more of a pop-up dictionary. It's an amazing overview, and the examples - all of which are neatly arranged into individual categories based on type of pop-up mechanism, and all of which can be taken apart and put back together to explore the mechanics - are inspiring. It's up to your spirit of exploration and creativity to figure out what sort of pop-ups you can create using these ideas. The easiest pop-up folds are marked with an "easy" star (sadly, not too many are "easy," but that's the world of pop-ups for you). I wished that there were clearer directions on the difficult examples, though - some are tricky to figure out just by taking them apart (I wanted to know if I was trying to use a particular fold how I would figure out how much space to leave, how to figure out what to glue first, etc. But there's much to be said for trial and error. I've figured out quite a few already.) Overall, though, it's a great book, and an invaluable resource for budding pop-up artists. I'm very glad I bought it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Well Done
Comment: I found this book in the special archives section at my university, and was very impressed. This book is clear, well thought out, and beautifully presented. If you are at all interested in this medium, buy this book.
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Title: Paper Engineering for Pop-Up Books and Cards by Mark Hiner ISBN: 0906212499 Publisher: Parkwest Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Pop-Up Book : Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating Over 100 Original Paper Projects by Paul Jackson ISBN: 0805028846 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Making Books That Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist, And Turn: Books for Kids to Make by Gwen Diehn ISBN: 1579900232 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: 31 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Paper Magic: Pop-Up Paper Craft by Masahiro Chatani ISBN: 0870407570 Publisher: Japan Publications Pub. Date: June, 1988 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Up-Pops: Paper Engineering With Elastic Bands by Mark Hiner ISBN: 0906212790 Publisher: Parkwest Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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