Popups

I’ve got a few ideas for pop-up books, but when I run across them in in my notebook it’s not long before I remember how much work they are to construct, since I hand-cut all the pieces. I’ve been thinking about getting a die cutting machine that will cut pieces directly from Illustrator. Mary Jeanne Linford uses this fancy one to make her pop-up books. She has some nice youtube videos showing them off:


Here’s a still from the tool pop-up

Mary Jeanne Linford’s popup book