With this short course in papercraft, you can create elegant designs for a variety of boxes to house special collections, album and book covers, and picture frames for every mood. Introduce yourself to the uses of "varese" paper, the style most suitable for papercraft work, as well as other types including silky, glossy, and hand-designed papers, and various cloth fabrics. Simple techniques for cutting, mounting, and gluing are illustrated, too. Fourteen different projects, shown in full color, include: Ring binder file. Concertina-style portfolio. Classical rectangular box and lid. Rectangular box with overlapping lid. Small boxes with dovetail lids. Book-style box. Round box with overlapping lid. Open-book style frame. Wall display multiple frame. L-shaped frame. Plus many adaptations and versions of each. 160 pages (all in color), 7 3/4 x 10 1/2.