Advanced Papercraft Techniques: Designing with Paper

You will begin by knowing the work of Diana Beltrán Herrera, her influences and which are the works and artists that inspire her the most when creating her own work.

Next, I will explain how to document to find references that will be very useful to create your design. Diana focuses much of her work on birds and nature, so the piece she will teach you to do will be related to flora and fauna. When you have your images folder, you will import them into Illustrator, where you will design the first sketch of your final project.

Once you have clear what your design will be, you will get to work. Diana will explain how to cut the pieces and use the glue. You will use watercolors and other paint materials to create the elements that will make up your design.

Afterwards, you will enter fully into the creation of the main volumetric element of your design. You will see how to create the main structure (in this case, a bird) using paper and how to assemble each of the parts that you will create separately. You will learn to dress your bird's skeleton with paper feathers and add your eyes and beak.

When you have created the figure in three dimensions you will go on to create typography, also with paper. You will have all the elements on the background, placing the decorative elements and Diana will give you some advice on how to get the best results when working with paper compositions.