# Experimenting with paper sculpture

**URL:** <https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/experimenting-with-paper-sculpture/331>\
**Category:** Inflatables 🎈\
**Created:** [March 31, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/experimenting-with-paper-sculpture/331 "2021-03-31T18:25:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lauriebee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@lauriebee](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/lauriebee)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/experimenting-with-paper-sculpture/331/1 "2021-03-31T18:25:00Z")

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![IMG_5376](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/mit2/original/1X/d11b1d598a610a8fee31d705daf95df4252b300e.jpeg)  
Hi I am Laurie  
I work at The Hive in at CPL in Cambridge MA. I am excited by the PLIX possibilities and collaborations.  
I took the inflatables and the Urban ecology workshops. I am sharing some charts I have made in the past to help support learning and ideas. These are just 2 charts showing the possibilities of paper sculpting.  
 ![IMG_8209](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/mit2/original/1X/8de113b94394e9697bb6a80c0f9f3e39300d8b5a.jpeg) ![IMG_8210](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/mit2/original/1X/a451e0958f4458862f85c0e94b9d73259ac88a64.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![binka](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/heyplix.mit.edu/binka/32/163_2.png) [@binka](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/binka)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/experimenting-with-paper-sculpture/331/2 "2021-04-15T05:14:37Z")

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My friend Paola in Italy posted a very similar display to yours! She said she saw it on Pinterest. I wonder if it was yours she saw or you both happened to be inspired by the same thing?

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/mit2/original/1X/22f933606bd5be5782bb0971aa6ad16025881dd3.jpeg)

If you were inspired by Pinterest, I’d love to hear more about how you use it 🙂 . We’ve been trying to think about how we might want to share more there.

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**Author:** ![Logalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Logalog](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/Logalog)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/experimenting-with-paper-sculpture/331/3 "2021-04-27T18:45:43Z")

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If you are interested you could look at [Pepakura Designer](https://tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/). It is a software program that takes 3d images/files and “unfolds” them meaning you can print them cut them out and then build them. This is used a lot in cosplay armor but there is quite a large community around all sorts of things.

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**Author:** ![ThomasM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@ThomasM](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/ThomasM)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/experimenting-with-paper-sculpture/331/4 "2021-06-03T13:36:43Z")

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> [@Logalog](#):
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> If you are interested you could look at [Pepakura Designer](https://tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/).

Can confirm! I have a Pepakura Designer license, and it is a very powerful tool.

Paper sculpture is something we touched on during week #3 of the Facilitating Creative Workshops course, and I listed [(free) alternatives to Pepakura Designer in this topic](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/next-level-paper-circuits-tools-skills-ideas-oh-my/666) if you’re curious!

I will say though, if you have the budget and you’re going to make a lot of custom paper models, Pepakura Designer is definitely worth the investment!