Steps Variations
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This is probably the single most fascinating and addictive one-piece technique! Once the basic measurement principles have been grasped, endless variations suggest themselves. To speed up construction, stick squared paper to the back of the card and draw the measurement onto it.
This is the basic Steps form. Note which of the distances are equal and how the mountain and alley creases touch the slits.
1. Having carefully drawn the construction, cut along the parallel lines.
2. Use an indenting tool to go over all the creases, beung careful to differentiate valleys from mountains. Then carefully form all the creases simultaneously to collapse the steps into their final shape.
3. This is how the pop-up should look when the creasing is completed.
4. Finally, flatten the pop-up and press all the creases firmly.
On a sheet of thin card (cardboard) and using a pencil, draw the gutter crease across the centre. Measure a square grid seven units wide and eight high. Note that the llength of A is twice B.
Using the grid as a guide, draw the steps, as shown. Your drawing must be extremely accurate.
Erase all of the lines that are not needed for the construction. (For clarity, coloured lines hae been used in this example to show which lines are for cutting and which for creasing.)
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This is the basic Steps form. Note which of the distances are equal and how the mountain and alley creases touch the slits.
1. Having carefully drawn the construction, cut along the parallel lines.
2. Use an indenting tool to go over all the creases, beung careful to differentiate valleys from mountains. Then carefully form all the creases simultaneously to collapse the steps into their final shape.
3. This is how the pop-up should look when the creasing is completed.
4. Finally, flatten the pop-up and press all the creases firmly.
On a sheet of thin card (cardboard) and using a pencil, draw the gutter crease across the centre. Measure a square grid seven units wide and eight high. Note that the llength of A is twice B.
Using the grid as a guide, draw the steps, as shown. Your drawing must be extremely accurate.
Erase all of the lines that are not needed for the construction. (For clarity, coloured lines hae been used in this example to show which lines are for cutting and which for creasing.)