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 enlarge | Author: Carol Barton
Publisher: Popular Kinetics Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 14080
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 67
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0962775207
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780962775208
ASIN: 0962775207
Publication Date: October 1, 2005
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 Serious book art in a friendly package July 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Below is an edited version of the note I sent to the author, Carol Barton, after receiving my (first) copy of Pocket Paper Engineer:
Dear Carol,
Yesterday I received my copy of PPE and wanted to let you know how delighted I am with the book. Wow! I had ordered it as a gift but when I saw it, I immediately ordered two more -- one for myself and another as a gift for my daughter (she's a magazine publisher).
I've been making pop-ups for 25 years and have copies of most pop-up how-to books that I know of, including some long out of print. I've taught pop-up book making and even made an "award-winning" pop-up (audience favorite). We've been in touch before back in the 1990s. You sent me some slides of your work. Your book is unique in that it is itself an artist's book. Colour, dimensions, texture, images, layout -- they're all perfect. It's all I can do to restrain myself from taking out the exacto knife on the copy I've got rather than waiting for my own copy to arrive in the mail.
My immediate question is: when is volume two coming out? Will you be doing pull-tab mechanisms, too?
Best regards,
Let Me Get in The Queue July 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a wonderful "how to" book! Most other instructional books on this topic make me feel I needed to go get an engineering degree first in order to understand the instructions.
I'll just second all the praise heaped on this book by the reviewers before me.
Pop-Up Cards February 12, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great book for the beginner or those who already make cards. It has easy step by step directions as well as new card ideas and different types of paper to use in your projects.
Keep it handy as a reference guide.
Making your own pop-ups can be simple and fun! September 12, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Reviewed by Kelli Glesige for Reader Views (08/06)
Author Carol Barton has taken her twenty years of experience in the art of paper engineering, design, and bookbinding to compile an excellent instruction book on how to construct pop-ups. Concepts are presented in simple form with do-it-yourself models to make and refer back to. Handy pockets are included for storage of the finished projects.
I, for one, have always been fascinated with pop-ups, usually found in children's books. Opening a flat page of a book to reveal a three-dimensional form is the premise behind this workbook and is a part of what a paper engineer creates. I was thrilled to see just how easily the included cards can be assembled. I intend to take what I have learned and put it to use in my scrapbooking projects as well as on some greeting card ideas.
A pop-up is defined by its automatic movement, pulling out and away from the pages of a book or card as it is opened. Pop-ups come alive when a page is opened, and different pop-ups work better with pages opened at a right angle or slightly more. Pop-ups might be confused with the Eastern art of folding paper forms called origami, but the difference lies in the factor of movement created by pop-ups.
"The Pop-Up Paper Engineer" is a spiral bound workbook with sixteen do-it-yourself cards, allowing one to get experience in the particular pop-up form presented. The two most basic forms are the box and the triangle, and clear step-by-step instructions are included and thoroughly explained. Combinations of the basic box and triangle forms can be combined to create more complex designs while layered pop-ups will give even more versatility. This is a great resource if you want to learn what's behind the fascination of creating pop-ups. The spiral binding makes for easy opening and page turning, plus the projects can be easily removed. Basic supplies needed to construct pop-ups are covered along with the history of paper engineering and how it's been used.
I highly recommend this workbook if you are into paper crafting or scrapbooking. You will see just how easy it is to spark up your projects by including pop-ups on your pages! Your imagination will get a workout!
Paper art for all July 22, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Carol Barton has created the ultimate instruction book for anyone who is would like to learn to use pop-ups in their creative work- and there may be more of you than you think. The potential for the use of pop-ups becomes limitless with the information from this guide.
Moveable books is not a new art. But this book takes the art form of pop-ups into the realm of possibilities. It begins with basic structures and progresses in nice, slow steps into complex, multi-layered pop-ups. It is the gift of the author to be able to describe and explain each step so that even beginners can follow easily. From basic box shapes it continues through triangles (including doubles and upside down), combinations of both and onto many different layered designs. Each step includes a pattern with all the spare parts needed that the reader/artist can use to make that pop-up card. This hands-on approach is what sets it above other instruction books of this kind. It is also possible to order a complete set of these samples if you do not want to cut up the ones in the book. Each chapter has a pocket to hold both the spare parts and the finished card. Very clever. Introductory chapters describe how pop-ups work, basic supply lists and hints to further creativity, final chapters examine safety and suppliers and the importance of paper grain. Well chosen quotes adorn each manila chapter divider.
The Pocket Paper Engineer is concrete enough to walk anyone thorough the steps of making a pop-up card but it also gives clear, concise instructions to enable the reader to take the information onto any level they desire. It stretches the imagination in many directions as it expands the journey from flat creations into three dimensional art.
This spiral bound work would be a wonderful gift for authors, card makers, scrap bookers and other visual artists. It is appropriate for both beginners and advanced paper crafters and artists. Its sturdy construction will allow it to become a permanent reference book in any collection. We can look forward to the future since this in Volume I in a planned series of how to books on this subject.
For added wonder be sure to follow the author link below to explore Ms Barton's other work as she expands the traditional boundaries of literature. Fascinating for both art and literature lovers.
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