The
Smithsonian Libraries presents one more lecture in a series that explores the
history, artistry, design and construction of pop-up and movable books. Held in
conjunction with “Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn,” our
ongoing exhibition in the Libraries gallery located in the National Museum of
American History, the series will feature movable book
historians, pop-up artists and designers, and paper engineers. We hope you will
join us for this event, and please watch our blog for future
announcements.
Behind the Paper
Curtain: The Magic and Math of Harry Potter, The Pop-Up Book
Bruce Foster, Paper Engineer
Bruce Foster is among the pop-up elite,
one of the foremost paper engineers in the world. His introduction to the genre
came when he was working as a graphic designer and was searching for a way to
jazz up an ad campaign for Hi-C juices. He frequently makes presentations in
schools, explaining what paper engineers do and how they work with artists and
writers to create pop-up books. He begins by talking about Disney’s film Enchanted,
for which he designed the opening pop-up scenes, and ends the talk with
something that never fails to delight his young audiences – Harry Potter.
Bruce will be signing copies of the Harry Potter Pop-up and Wow! The Pop-Up
Book of Sports after the lecture.
12:00 PM, Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum
of American History
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Smithsonian Institution
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