Bag of Badgers is me - Geoff Rayner
Paper Engineer, Designer, occasional Illustrator and Concept developer. I design things out of card and paper which are assembled without a drop of glue.
I don't like glue.
A Little About Me
Istarted my career as the in-house paper engineer at Quarto Children's books before progressing to new product designer. From there I moved into promotional marketing creating paper and plastic gizmos to go in cereal and crisp packets, along with designing other varied projects including designing a Star Wars exhibition and a Harry Potter board game. Since going freelance I have worked with various companies as a paper engineer and designer.
Work examples
Here's a selection of projects I've worked on.
Click on a category along the top to narrow your search.
Stonehenge
A book and model about Stonehenge and the people of the age.
Model design, illustration and book design.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Mythical Creatures
A book with 5 mythical creatures to build.
Model design, illustration and book design.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Christmas Train Carousel
A pop-up carousel advent calendar scene with added moving train.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
VW Camper Van
A model of a VW Campervan.
Model design, illustration and photographic assembly images.
Designed for Eight-innovation.
Buildable Dinosaur
A model of a Jurrasic World T-Rex.
Model design, illustration and instructions.
Designed for Centum Books.
Pinball Science
Slot-together pinball machine with card and components.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Magnificent Marble Machine
Slot-together Totally Glueless cardboard Marble Machine.
Concept, design and production.
Bone Collection
Three titles of slot-together skeletons made in thick card.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Pop-up Benjamin Bunny
A pop-up book of the story of Benjamin Bunny. Pop-up, image manipulation and design.
Designed for Frederick Warne.
Batman vehicles
A model of a Batmobile and Bat Plane from Batman v Superman.
Model design, illustration and instructions.
Designed for Centum Books
Buildable Scorpion
An articulated model of a scorpion.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Buildable Train
An articulated model of a train.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books
Magnificent Dinosaur Machine
Slot-together Totally Glueless cardboard Dinosaur Automaton.
Concept, design and production.
Magnificent Flying Machine
Slot-together Totally Glueless cardboard Flying Machine Automaton.
Concept, design and production.
Magnificent Walking Machine
Slot-together Totally Glueless cardboard Walking Machine Automaton.
Concept, design and production.
Harry Potter Quidditch Automaton
Slot-together Totally Glueless cardboard Harry Potter Quidditch Automaton.
Designed for Half Moon Bay.
Thunderbird 2
A model of Thunderbird 2 for Haynes.
Model design, illustration and photographic instructions.
Designed for eight Innovation.
Techno Trousers
An automaton of Wallace and Gromit's Techno Trousers for Haynes.
Model design, illustration and photographic instructions.
Designed for eight Innovation.
Spitfire
A model of a Spitfire for Haynes.
Model design, illustration and photographic instructions.
Designed for eight Innovation.
Starship Enterprise
A model of the original Starship Enterprise for Haynes.
Model design, illustration and photographic instructions.
Designed for eight Innovation.
Routemaster Bus
A model of a Routemaster Bus for Haynes.
Model design, illustration and photographic instructions.
Designed for eight Innovation.
Buildable Saturn V Rocket
A slot-together Sarurn V rocket using greyboard.
Model Desing and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Buildable Locomotives
A book of model locomotives to push out and assemble using glue.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Buildable Military Vehicles
A book of model Military Vehicles to push out and assemble using glue.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Buildable Landmarks
A book of model landmarks to push out and assemble using glue.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Santa's Workshop
Open up to find a wonderful Santa's Workshop advent calendar.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Nativity Advent Calendars
A selection of Nativity scene advent calendars.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Pop-up Lenny Leopard
Pop-up and paper engineering for Guy Parker-Rees' Lenny Leopard.
Designed for Orchard Books.
Buildable Excavator.
Slot-together hydraulic excavators. Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Engineer Academy
Slot-together projects with card and components.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Super Structures
Assemble a selection of structures using thick board and components.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Buildable Robots
Slot-together robots utilising wind-up motors.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Buildable Smilodon Skull
An articulated model of a Smilodon skull.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Make your own Advent train
Build your own advent Christmas Train.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Buildable a Unicorn
A model of a Unicorn.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for Quarto Children's Books.
Advent Pawfect Christmas
Unfold to reveal a beautifully illustrated and novel pop-up Christmas scene.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Advent Santa's Rooftop Visit
A beautifully illustrated and novel pop-up Christmas scene.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Mouse in the Haunted House Pop-up
A pop-up story.
Design of pop-up mechanisms.
Designed for Caterpillar Books.
Advent Carousel
Build your own 3D Advent carousel model.
Model design and instructions
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Advent Santa's Sleigh
Build your own 3D advent Santa's Sleigh model.
model desing and instructions>.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Advent Christmas Cottage
Build your own 3D advent cottage.
Model design and instructions.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Marvel Characters
A selection of Marvel Characters to assemble.
Model Design, illustration and assembly instructions.
Designed for Parragon.
Top Gear
A selection of models for Top Gear challenges.
Model design, illustration, instructions and book design.
Designed for BBC Books.
VW Camper Van
A model of a classic VW Golf.
Model design, illustration and photographic assembly images.
Designed for Eight-innovation.
Decorate your own Christmas tree
Assemble the tree and add a decoration each day of advent.
Model design.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
Christmas Tree Carousel
A pop-up carousel advent calendar.
Model design.
Designed for SJG Gift Publishing.
My Services
From concept design to final production, here are a few things I can help you with.
Paper Engineering
I like to think I can cut and fold paper with the best of them. Pop-ups, paper mechanisms and models - I specialise in designing 3D models that are assembled without glue, but needs must sometimes.
Design
I've designed text-heavy books, gift books, puzzle books, children's books, adult books, pop-up books, books with components, instruction sheets and I've even designed a Star Wars exhibition.
Packaging
Need something produced? From concept to delivery, I can help with that. I have designed and manufactured a number of products ranging from cardboard automata to a fairy tea party,
Illustration
I have illustrated projects with licensed properties like Harry Potter and Jurassic World through to mythical creatures and Steampunk-inspired automata. Click on the illustration tab in the work section for some examples.
Get In Touch
Got any questions? Don't hesitate to get in touch.
Address
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom© 2023 Bag of Badgers Limited. All rights reserved.
