Maurice Mathon - Pop-Up Cards and Invitations

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French edition 2009 by Dessain et Tolra/Larousse Published by
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Edited by: Corinne de Montalembert, assisted by Johana Sellem
Proofreading: Madeleine Biaujeaud
Pagination: Bndicte Chantalou/Yuruga
Photography: Fabrice Besse
Design: Sonia Roy
Cover design: Vronique Laporte
Fabrication: Anne Raynaud Stackpole Books
Translation: Kathryn Fulton
Pagination and cover design: Tessa Sweigert Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the Library of Congress ISBN 978-0-8117-1071-8 C ards that are fun to make, to send, to receive, and to keep. Cards to look at, to put on a shelf, a dresser, a mantlepiece. Cards that surprise and delight every time you open them.

Originating in China and Japan, cutting and folding paper are traditional techniques, probably as old as paper itself. Combining cutting and folding, the pop-up card appeared first in England in the nineteenth century, in the lively pictures in children's books, then in the twentieth century in greeting cards and announcements. At the end of the twentieth century, some artists, notably Japanese ones, renewed the form and raised the pop-up to a full-fledged art. In this book, you will find the patterns for 20 original creations and 15 detachable pre-printed cards that require no gluing or assembly.

FOLDS Always make the folds in the right direction:
- valley = \/ ()
- mountain = /\ (...) You will need a craft knife or utility knife, a cutting board, a standard ruler, a fine embossing stylus (available at craft centers), and a small metal ruler. Use the craft knife to cut along the solid lines. Use the stylus to score along the dotted lines. Use your fingers to check that all the cut lines come apart easily, and go over them again with the craft knife if necessary. Using the small ruler or gently pinching the paper between your fingers, make the folds a little at a time, paying close attention to which kind of fold it is: "valley" (---) or "mountain" (...). Using the small ruler or gently pinching the paper between your fingers, make the folds a little at a time, paying close attention to which kind of fold it is: "valley" (---) or "mountain" (...).

Be careful not to fold the paper outside of these lines. When the card stands up, with the two sides forming a 90-degree angle, continue to fold each fold a little bit at a time until the card is folded up on itself completely. Turn the card 180 degrees, with the opening facing toward you, then open the card. After you close it up again the card can be slid into an ordinary envelope.

Cutting board Small metal ruler Ordinary craft knife