Animating with Pop-Ups (Fall 2024)
Course Code: 24FPE100V
This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Wednedays, October 30th–November 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Eastern Time.
- Wednesday, October 30th, 6:00 – 8:00pm
- Wednesday, November 6th, 6:00 – 8:00pm
- Wednesday, November 13th, 6:00 – 8:00pm
- Wednesday, November 20th, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on October 16th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Shawn Sheehy.
Pop-ups are dimensional and come to life when a page is turned. Movables are flat and come to life when a tab is pulled. Either strategy alone can animate a page; combining the two can make the animation even more exciting.
In this workshop you will use a kit of pre-cut pieces to assemble and explore a variety of applied foundational structures for paper engineering, each of which is particularly effective in evoking a sense of animation. Ultimately you will bind the structures into a simple case.
All skill levels are encouraged!
Required Tools:
- bone folder
-
steel ruler
-
xacto knife/blades
-
self-healing mat
-
pencil
-
awl
-
microspatula
-
tweezers
The cost of this class includes a paper materials kit with the specific cutouts necessary for this course.
About Shawn Sheehy
Shawn Sheehy has been teaching book arts courses and workshops since 2001. His broadsides and artist book editions have been collected by such prestigious institutions as Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Library of Congress, UCLA, and Harvard. Sheehy’s trade pop-up books Welcome to the Neighborwood and Beyond the Sixth Extinction (both mass-market versions of previous artist books) were published by Candlewick, winning numerous awards. Sheehy served as director of The Movable Book Society from 2018 to 2023. He holds an MFA in the Book Arts from Columbia College Chicago.
All images courtesy of the instructor.