Andrew Baron (paper engineer)
Andrew (Andy) Baron | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 31, 1962 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Paper engineer |
| Spouse | Paula |
| Website | popyrus |
Andrew Baron (born 1962) is a self-taught,[1] award-winning paper engineer and singled out by Robert Sabuda, a leading children's pop-up book artist, as a wunderkind of pull tabs,[2] specific devices used to cause movement in pop-up books.
Biography[edit]
Baron was awarded the Movable Book Society's Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineering in 2004 for Knick-Knack Paddywhack! The book, by Paul O. Zelinsky, has “200 movable parts, 300 glue points – twice the usual number – 15 lift-the-flaps, and 10 parts on the last spread alone, moving simultaneously with one tab!... 500 people [at the Hua Yang Printing Company in China] worked on the book."[3] Of this book, Robert Sabuda noted, "his designs are unique, complex, thoughtful and he doesn't skimp on the amount of paper or rivets needed to accomplish an action."[4]
Baron has also repaired and restored old clocks, music boxes, radios and typewriters since childhood.[5] In 2007, Baron spent about 70 hours repairing the "Draughtsman-Writer" automaton by Henri Maillardet (1745–1830).[6] A version of Maillardet’s automaton, a self-powered robot that writes poetry and draws four different images, was in Martin Scorsese’s movie Hugo and Brian Selznick’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret.[7][8]
Selected bibliography[edit]
- Andrew Baron; Meg Davenport; Lisa Werenko; Sally Blakemore (1998), Circus!: A Pop-Up Adventure, OCLC 39980741
- Andrew Baron; J. R. R. Tolkien; John Howe (1999), The Hobbit: A 3-D Pop-Up Adventure, HarperFestival, OCLC 44927553
- Andrew Baron; Kathy Kelly (2000), Menopop: A Menopause Pop-Up & Activity Book, Fill 'er Up Productions, OCLC 52931880
- Andrew Baron; Lauren Child (2001), My Dream Bed: Loads of Tabs and Flaps and Wheels and More!, Hodder Children's, OCLC 248161609
- Andrew Baron; Paul O. Zelinsky (2002), Knick-Knack Paddywhack!, Dutton Children’s Books, OCLC 50209496
- Andrew Baron; Jessica DuLong; Robert Sabuda; Roy Ziegler; Alan D. Boehm (2004), A Celebration of Pop-Up and Movable Books: 10th Anniversary Special Limited Edition, Movable Book Society, OCLC 56771276
- Andrew Baron; Drew Foerster; Bret Blizzard; Michael Voelker (2011), Acuity's Storybook Year: Annual Report, 2010, Acuity, insurance company, OCLC 708361390
Exhibitions[edit]
| Year | Title | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Pop! The Arthur J. Williams Pop-up Collection[9] | Florida Atlantic University, Wimberly Library | Also included David A. Carter, James Diaz, Harold Lentz |
| 2012 | Pop-Up! Illustration in 3-D[10] | Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA | Items drew largely from the collection of Ann Montanaro Staples, founder of The Movable Book Society |
| 2011 | The Harold M. Goralnick Pop-Up Book Collection: An Exhibition[11] | Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine | The collection holds over 1,900 volumes, including works by Baron. |
| 2010 | Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn[12] | Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Museum of American History | Also included Matthew Reinhart, Bruce Foster, Chuck Fischer |
| 2004 | Show Me a Story: Children’s Books and the Technology of Enchantment[13] | San Francisco Center for the Book | Exhibit includes inside view of the production of Knick-Knack Paddywhack! |
External links[edit]
- Official Andrew Baron Website http://popyrus.com/
- Video lecture, The Birth of a Corporate Pop-Up Book, given at the National Museum of American History, on April 18, 2011, as part of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Paper Engineering Lecture Series.
- The Baron of Santa Fe,[14] a studio interview with Baron, by Adie C. Pena, 2001
References[edit]
- ^ "Convention Roundup". Movable stationery; newsletter of the Movable Book Society. v.6 (2): 1. May 1998. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Zelinsky, Paul O. (September 2003). "Behind the Tabs". Riverbank Review: 22.
- ^ Rubin, Ellen G. K. (November 2002). "MBS Grows Up". Movable stationery; newsletter of the Movable Book Society. v. 10 (4): 13. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Pena, Adie (November 2001). "Pop-up Royalty". Movable stationery; newsletter of the Movable Book Society. v. 9 (4). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Benjamin Franklin Fiesta". Santa Fe New Mexican. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Benjamin Franklin Fiesta". Santa Fe New Mexican. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Maillardet's Automaton: The Franklin Institute Science Museum". www.fi.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Franklin Institute's Maillardet Automaton Demo 11/04/07". 26 March 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "FAU Book Exhibition Pops in Three Dimensions - Boca Magazine". Boca Magazine. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Pop-Up! Illustration in 3D". Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "(Bowdoin, Library, Harold M. Goralnick Pop-up Book Collection)". library.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Smithsonian Institution Libraries Unveils "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn" | Newsdesk". newsdesk.si.edu. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "PAST EXHIBITIONS:San Francisco Center for the Book". sfcb.org. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Pena, Adie (August 2001). "The Baron of Santa Fe". Movable Stationery; newsletter of the Movable Book Society. v. 9 (3): 3, 14–15. Retrieved 28 December 2016.