The Art of Pop-Up Design

In this lesson, learn the fundamentals of pop-up design and theory, and follow along to create the two foundational folds for DIY cards and craft pieces!

There are three types of pop-up folds, and in this paper crafts lesson from pop-up artist Duncan Birmingham, learn the most basic: the parallelogram fold.

You’ve mastered parallelograms, now build your paper sculpture skills with three types of parallel folds—symmetrical, asymmetrical, and curved.

In this lesson, learn two essential pop-up folds, the right angle and acute V-folds, and start building the skills to create amazing DIY paper art pieces!

In this lesson, build your paper folding skills by learning two new pop-up folds: the pointed fold, which forms a long narrow shape, and the wide obtuse fold.