Frequently Asked Questions
I’ve Always done stuff with paper like origami and modular origami and I wanted a hobby/job that I could do with it. For more Information you can go to The Creator Page.
When you build a papercraft you will need the materials. What I use are: scissors of any kind, Bearly Art glue, and Cardstock Paper.
You start with colored paper or cardstock if you’re doing something large and need it sturdier. The you get the pdf on the computer that the template is on, and you need to print the colors of the papercraft to the way the pdf says. It might say the color red from page 1-10 or page blue from page 23-40. From there you put the amount of paper you need into the printer and adjust the page printing range to what it says. When you have it all printed out, you will need to cut out all the pieces. you will want to cut around the far border of the piece and not in the piece where the numbers and lines are. Folding the pieces when they are cutout can be confusing too. With this you must know the fold lines in the pieces. In most template the Dotted line is where you Valley fold. The Line-Dot Pattern indicates that you need to do a mountain fold. Now this can vary on which papercraft you do as they can be switched. you just have to look at the template page or the instructions page. The you just have to look at the tab number and the edge number and match the two with each other. You can glue the tab on top of the edge number.
Then you just have to fold and glue the matching number, and it will form into the papercraft!
Papercraft can get confusing and hard at some times, and this is how I overcome the challenges that might come:
- Black Paper: Some printers can’t print black on black. the way I solve this is by printing on another colored paper that I have too much of and then tape the black paper to it. so, then when you cut out the pieces you’re cutting through two pages and can then see the pieces and hold it folds.
- Misprints/Can’t read the numbers on the pieces: I usually just go to the pdf or where the original template is and go from there. That's so I don’t keep reprinting paper because it’s a waste
- Accidently Cut into a Piece: When you cut around a piece there is a chance or ripping or cutting into the piece itself. The way I Help these issues is to cut a little strip from a trashed paper and glue one side of it and then put the pieces back together that way. You want to of course get it as aligned as possible first and then just stick the strip of scraped paper to the back of the piece with the numbers on it.