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PapercraftDiploma Course

From origami to card making, decoupage to bookbinding, papercraft is an expansive, creative world with many disciplines. If you love the tactility of working with paper and the creative opportunities the material brings, the Papercraft Diploma Course will introduce you to the various techniques of working with paper through explanations and step-by-step projects that’ll have you crafting straight away.

Course overview:

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10 Modules

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What Will You Learn?

Introducing you to the world of papercraft, the course walks you through everything it encompasses and discusses the various paper types and their uses.

Following this introduction, each module focuses on a different discipline within papercraft – guiding you through the basics of each and providing practical, step-by-step instructions for you to work along with. You’ll learn about, and complete projects in, origami, card making, junk journaling, bookbinding, decoupage, paper making, die cutting, and paper marbling and staining.

The course concludes with a look at the ways in which you can combine the various papercraft disciplines and knowledge bases you’ve built up over the course – guiding you through two projects that will put your newly acquired skills to use.

By studying this course, you will:

Understand the scope of paper crafting, and the various paper types and equipment used
Learn about various paper crafting methods
Follow practical, step-by-step instructions to create your own papercraft projects
Discover how you can combine papercraft disciplines to create unique work

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

Whether you’re well versed in other forms of crafting and looking to test the waters of paper crafting or completely new to the artform, the Papercraft Diploma Course will teach you the skills necessary to get started in various paper crafting disciplines and how to combine them to create truly unique work.

Modules

Module 1: Introduction to Papercraft7 Parts

Introduction
Part 1: The Scope of Papercrafting
Part 2: Get to Know Your Paper
Part 3: Equipment and Materials List
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Module 2: Origami5 Parts

Part 1: The Basics of Paper Folding
Part 2: Creating Origami Figures
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Module 3: Card Making6 Parts

Part 1: Basic Materials and Tools Needed for Card Making
Part 2: Card Making Techniques
Part 3: Types of Greeting Cards
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Module 4: Junk Journaling6 Parts

Part 1: What is Junk Journaling?
Part 2: Junk Journaling: The Basics
Part 3: Junk Journaling Techniques
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Module 5: Introduction to Bookbinding7 Parts

Part 1: Saddle Stitch Binding
Part 2: Spiral Binding
Part 3: Coptic Binding
Part 4: Perfect Binding
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Module 6: Decoupage5 Parts

Part 1: Decoupage Materials and Tools
Part 2: Decoupage Techniques: The How-To
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Module 7: Paper Making6 Parts

Part 1: Paper Making Supplies
Part 2: How to Handmake Paper
Part 3: How to Make Paper from Plants
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Module 8: Die Cutting7 Parts

Part 1: What is Die Cutting?
Part 2: Manual vs Digital Die Cutting
Part 3: Manual and Digital Die Cutting Accessories
Part 4: How to Choose the Right Machine
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Module 9: Paper Marbling and Staining5 Parts

Part 1: Tools Required for Paper Marbling
Part 2: How to Marble Paper
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Module 10: Combining Papercraft Disciplines6 Parts

Part 1: Project 1: Envelopes
Part 2: Project 2: Dream Journal
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

Accreditations

The Papercraft Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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