View the Live Process Gallery A field notebook mapping the intersection of traditional papercraft, 3D printing, AI, and Blender plugin automation.
I'm building a realistic hummingbird out of paper. This is where I keep everything – the wins, detours, and tools I accidentally built along the way.
PaperHummingBird.mp4
📁 blender/
The 3D model. Still tweaking the beak. Still fighting with wing topology.
📁 jointforge/
My Blender add-on for splitting large prints. Born out of frustration when I realized the armature needed to be bigger than my printer bed. Works now. More proud of this than I should be.
📁 paper_templates/
SVGs for cutting. Feather layers. Body segments. Some work. Some are in the trash where they belong.
📁 progress_photos/
Step by step. The good, the bad, the "why did I think this would work."
📁 notes/
Measurements. Material tests. Glue disasters. Little discoveries.
- Calvin Nicholls – paper sculpture.
- Johan Scherft – paper sculpture with a hint of pepikura and a lot of magic.
- Patrick Cabral – layered paper cutwork. Different style, same obsession.
- Stine Berg Evensen – paper sculpture.
- Advanced Papercraft Techniques: Domestika Designing with Paper
- Feather Library: featherbase.info
- Still seat of pants experimental XD blender script to automate notch and kets for model making JointForge
- Paper feather cutting tecqnique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3CLUGTOR0k
- World of hummingbirds
- Escape with feathers
- Hummingbird macro shots
Because paper notebooks get lost. Because the next time I build a paper bird (there will be a next time), I want to remember what I learned. Because someone else might find the trail useful – even if it's messy.
One bird. Many steps. Still flying.