The Art of Papercraft - by Helen Hiebert (Paperback)

About the Book

"The art of paper craft: unique one-sheet projects using origami, weaving, quilling, pop-up, and other inventive techniques."--Title from cover.

Book Synopsis

Paper artist and teacher Helen Hiebert compiles a one-of-kind collection of 40 unique projects, each using just one sheet of paper. Combining decorative paper techniques like marbling, stamping, and stenciling with dimensional techniques like origami, cutting, folding, quilling, stretching, weaving, and pop-ups, The Art of Papercraft offers a rich variety of projects that will delight crafters, artists, and designers alike, including paper votive lights, pop-up cards, folded paper gift boxes and envelopes, woven paper wall hangings, miniature one-sheet books, and much more. Every project is beautifully photographed and accompanied by step-by-step visual instructions. Guidance on selecting tools, materials, and paper selection; in-depth technique instructions; and profiles of contributing paper artists make this a rich and practical celebration of papercraft.

From the Back Cover

Take Papercrafting to a Whole New Dimension
From an origami parrot to an inflatable votive light or a breathtaking patchwork curtain, this unique collection of artistic projects will spark your creativity and expand your papercrafting skills in al directions. Helen Hiebert reveals the range of possibilities in a single sheet of paper, from the practical to the ornamental, using standard origami paper, card stock, utilitarian Tyvek and kraft paper, delicate handmade Asian paper, and more.

Features designs from top contemporary paper artists, including:

• Béatrice Coron
• Eric Gjerde
• Hedi Kyle
• Paul Jackson
• Peter Dahmen
• Robert J. Lang
• Shawn Sheehy
• Susan Joy Share

and more

Review Quotes

"Helen Hiebert is a renowned author, instructor and paper artist, and a global resource for the paper arts community. She's provided instruction for working with paper in how-to books and her popular classes for years. The Art of Papercraft delivers useful information and clear guidance for techniques the novice to experienced crafter can master. Step-by-step directions and full color photos ensure success creating projects featured in each section. Paper enthusiasts will want to keep this title within reach!" -- Kim Grummer, Arnold Grummer's Papermaking Kits Supplies

"Between the covers of this remarkably thorough book, you'll find so much more than a host of clever, doable projects... each is composed of just one non-threatening sheet of paper, after all! I can almost guarantee you'll want to sit down and start making right away. But it's also an enjoyable tome for bedtime reading... Helen's enthusiasm for paper, and all of the surprising things it is capable of, shines through in every aspect she shares from a career of paper making, creating, and teaching. Inspiration abounds, whether you are new to the world of paper or have worked - or simply played - with it for years." -- Ann Martin, quilling artist and author of All Things Paper, and blogger at allthingspaper.net

About the Author

Helen Hiebert is a papermaker, artist, and author of books on papermaking and paper crafts, including The Art of Papercraft, Papermaker's Companion, and Papermaking with Garden Plants and Common Weeds. She teaches papermaking classes and workshops, writes a weekly blog, and is the host and producer of the podcast Paper Talk, which features interviews with papermakers and paper artists. Hiebert's blog, The Sunday Paper, is a resource for ideas and inspiration via stories and examples of people doing exciting, innovative, and beautiful things with paper. She lives in Colorado.