CMU School of Drama


Friday, July 21, 2017

The Art of Bringing Paper to Life

Projection Mapping Central: If you are the kind of person who loves making things – and I’m guessing you are, I mean you are reading this blog! – then Papercraft is for you!

What? Origami? Well, kind of…more like complex paper crafted models, built with your own hands, brought to life by projection mapping. Sounds good? Ok, stay with me.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Having just learned the basics of projection mapping in our classes with Nica, I was curious to read about some of the many applications of this technology. Though there are obvious reasons to do projection mapping, such as fitting on to a screen, there are other surfaces that in my experience haven't been used as much. In my opinion, the complex and difficult work of creating some beautiful out of paper is impressive on its own. Then, to map an image onto a multi faceted surface elevates the work to another level. The applications of this technique in theatre are endless. The first way of implementing this technique that came to mind is for hanging scenery. Things like geometric shaped clouds can be used to simulate dream sequences. Utilizing the light weight qualities of things like cardstock and crescent board, and the capabilities of projection mapping, we can create something quite magical