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Bruce Foster
EducationUniversity of Tennessee[1]
Occupation(s)Paper engineer, graphic designer
SpouseLori Stanley
ChildrenNicole, Lydia[2]
Websitepaperpops.com

Bruce Foster is an American paper engineer and graphic designer who specializes in pop-up books. Called a "paper magic master",[3] he has created more than 40 pop-up books for both children and adults, in addition to the pop-up designs that appeared in the 2007 film Enchanted.[4][5]

Biography

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Foster studied fine and studio arts the University of Tennessee. He spent years in designing trade show graphics and, later, as an ad agency creative director.[6]

Foster was inspired to learn how to create 3D books after seeing his first pop-up book, Kees Moerbeek's Hot Pursuit: A Forward and Backward Pop-up Book and taught himself by reverse engineering published books. "I destroyed a lot of them trying to figure out how they were done," he said.[7]

He began a career designing pop-up books as a freelancer for Baltimore book children’s book packager Ottenheimer Publishers.[4]

Selected bibliography

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The following is a sample of the pop-up books paper engineered by Bruce Foster:[8]

  • Foster, Bruce; Willard, Nancy; Leister, Bryan; Jackson, Bea (1995), Gutenberg's gift, Wild Honey, an Ottenheimer Publishers Company, OCLC 32014043
  • Foster, Bruce; Kee, Lucy; Williamson, Andrew (2010), Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book, Insight Editions, OCLC 555627884
  • Foster, Bruce; Weltevrede, Pieter; Wise, Tad; Beer, Robert (2007), Hindu Altars: A Pop-Up Gallery of Traditional Art & Wisdom, New World Library, OCLC 241301654
  • Foster, Bruce; Berry, Cheree (2006), Hoorah-- for the Bra: A Perky Peek at the History of the Brassiere, Tabori & Chang, OCLC 63660577
  • Foster, Bruce; Rodgers, Richard; Hammerstein, Oscar; Crouse, Russel; Andreasen, Dan; Trapp, Maria Augusta (2009), The Sound of Music: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up, Little Simon, OCLC 180756395
  • Foster, Bruce; Eisner, Will (2008), The Spirit of Will Eisner : a pop-up graphic novel, Insight Editions, OCLC 732882001
  • Foster, Bruce; Havrilesky, Heather; Coulas, Mick (2006), The Pop-Up Book of Celebrity Meltdowns, Melcher Media, OCLC 76805039
  • Foster, Bruce (paper engineer) (2008), Visionaire. 55, Surprise, Visionaire Publishing, OCLC 216939681
  • Foster, Bruce (2009), Wow!: The Pop-Up Book of Sports, Time Inc. Home Entertainment, OCLC 320191002

Exhibitions

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Year Title Location Notes
2003 Pop-ups: Art of the Paper Engineer[9] The Sharon Arts Center in Peterborough, NH Also included work from David A. Carter, Robert Sabuda
2004 Pop-Up Books: The Art of Paper Engineering,[10][11] The Museum of Print History, Houston, TX Also included work by Irene Rosenberg
2010 Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn[12] Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Museum of American History Also included Matthew Reinhart, David Hawcock, Chuck Fischer

References

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  1. ^ Hoffarth, Tom. ""Wow" con't: A Bruce Foster Q-and-A | Farther Off the Wall". www.insidesocal.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. ^ "About | Paperpops". paperpops.com. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. ^ Uria, Isabel (May 2010). "Bruce Foster: Why He is a Paper Magic Master". Movable Stationery: The Movable Book Society Newsletter. 18 (2): 1–2.
  4. ^ a b Bluemel, Nancy; Taylor, Rhonda Lynette Harris (2012). Pop-up books: a guide for teachers and librarians. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 37–39. ISBN 9781591583981. OCLC 758844521. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  5. ^ Trebbi, Jean-Charles; Corkett, Thomas (2012). The art of pop-up: the magical world of three-dimensional books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 9788492810659. OCLC 828847935. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Talking Design with 3D Paper Engineer Bruce Foster – Structural Graphics Blog". www.structuralgraphics.com. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  7. ^ "New Pop-Up Books Appeal Not Just to Kids, But Adults Too". Harrisonburg Daily News Record. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  8. ^ Montanaro, Ann R. Pop-up and movable books: a bibliography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 549–551. ISBN 0810837285. OCLC 62681468. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Pop-up Exhibits". Movable Stationery: The Movable Book Society Newsletter. 11 (1): 8. 1 January 1993. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Exhibits". Movable Stationery: The Movable Book Society Newsletter. 12 (3): 9. August 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  11. ^ Rubin, Ellen G. K. (November 2004). "With a Song in Our Heart: Movable Book Society 5th Conference". Movable Stationery. 12 (4): 8. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Smithsonian Institution Libraries Unveils "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn" | Newsdesk". newsdesk.si.edu. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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