Bruce Foster
American paper engineer and graphic designer
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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]
Bruce Foster | |
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| Education | University of Tennessee[1] |
| Occupations | Paper engineer, graphic designer |
| Spouse | Lori Stanley |
| Children | Nicole, Lydia[2] |
| Website | paperpops |
Biography
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
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
| Year | Title | Location | Notes |
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| 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 |
