The Sunday Paper #542
February 4, 2025
Right here’s my last paper valentine submit. I want you all per week crammed with love. I’m not actually a romantic, lovey dovey individual, however I do thrive on the love you all ship my approach. Take a look at these three issues that got here throughout my desk just lately:
- Gail Murray despatched me her a photograph of her gorgeous coronary heart lanterns (be taught this easy construction in my YouTube video – Gail put her personal paper twist on it). She says “I did go loopy making and mailing a number of of these to associates”! They’re collapsible. Fortunate recipients!
- I wrote final week about placing a coronary heart on it, and Terry Englehart despatched me her pretty model: hearts on a triskele globe (search triskele and also you’ll discover patterns and directions).
- Barb Helander posted an exquisite video of the Slice-Kind Hearts (a challenge in my ebook, The Artwork of Papercraft) that she created for a Valentine Alternate comprised of purple linen cardstock and a gelli-plate printed paper. With the assistance of a Cricut reducing machine, 120 frames and 120 printed hearts have been minimize, after which every type was assembled. 27 members of the Canadian Bookbinders & Guide Artists Guild participated within the change – search the hashtag #cbbag_valentine on instagram to view all the Valentines.
Comfortable Valentine’s Day, everybody!
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It’s about time – foam packaging might have met its match. The notorious Miura-ori fold has one other software as a packing materials fabricated from cardboard.
The FOLD materials might be wrapped round fragile objects resembling glass bottles (VTT Technical Analysis Centre).
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Illustrator Shelley Aldrich has an ongoing collection of vibrant books and folded visible narratives primarily based on conventional tunnel books and victorian puzzle purses (and generally, she combines the varieties).
As seen on Colossal: ‘The Hobbit’ mixture puzzle purse and tunnel ebook, open.
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Molly (@himollyanne on TikTok) saves cash by turning paper luggage into delivery envelopes.
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Véronique Buist requested Montrealers to submit images of their most-liked locations by social media after which embroidered the pictures on handmade paper. These at the moment are on view on the Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre in Dorval, Quebec. Watch the video.
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