Creation of Origami Lamps with Paper
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Learn to create a 3D lamp with basic folding techniques
“We tend to think of origami as a children’s game, but it’s also a contemporary design technique used to create functional and decorative pieces for clothing, furniture, architecture, jewelry, and more.” Estela Moreno, better known as Cartoncita, has built an entire career based on this ancient but timeless art form, specializing in origami art and set design.
In this course, join Cartoncita to learn to create original origami lamps with basic techniques. Discover the tools, materials, diagrams, and essential paper-folding methods you need in order to design a lamp brimming with vibrant colors, rich textures, elegant simplicity, and maximum expressiveness.
Start by familiarizing yourself with Cartoncita’s work, her career, her style, her influences, and some of her favorite books.
Next, go over the various types of origami and discover the essential tools, materials, diagrams, and paper-folding techniques you need for this art form. Cartoncita reveals how a material as simple and affordable as recyclable paper offers endless creative possibilities, taking on three-dimensional shapes with nuanced shadows and volumes that speak for themselves.
Once you’re familiar with the basic concepts, start designing your lamp. Learn how to create the first few sketches, transfer your diagram to the paper, make the creases, assemble your lampshade, and attach it to the lamp holder.
Cartoncita wraps up by discussing other ways to apply origami and the infinite artistic possibilities that this classic technique offers.
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