Rainbow Pop Up

A pop up with an RGB LED behind it. Attach the battery to make it light up.

Draw the pattern as vectors in a CAD program like Rhino or illustrator. To cut and pre-crease it with a laser cutter, make sure all the lines are hairlines e.g. 0,003 mm thick. Make two layers; one for the lines that will be creased and one layer for the outlines. Depending on the type of paper the laser settings need to be adjusted. I took a 80 g/m2, slightly shiny paper. I used a Laser Pro Spirit GE The settings for the crease lines  were 90 speed, 10 power, 400 ppi. To cut the outlines I set 25 speed, 55 power and 400 ppi. Attach the paper with tape to the laser bed to prevent it from moving while the ventilation is on.  

start folding along the crease lines. It is best to first pre-fold all the lines one by one until the paper is soft and flexible. Then try to get the whole piece into its shape.