Box of Fireworks

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Saturday July 26, 2008   Box of Fireworks 1:00 - 4:00
No one can wrest more surprise from a few pieces of paper than Paul Johnson can. This class starts with participants making a paper origami box. Then you’ll construct an extending pop-up book that "grows" out of the box. As you lift the book, pages pop out from the sides like a pyrotechnic display! It’s great fun to make and, amazingly, requires only paper, scissors and glue.

Tools to bring: scissors, ruler, bone folder, X-acto knife and cutting mat, glue stick, white glue, colored pencils and markers, collage and photographs, if desired.

About the Instructor:
Paul Johnson is a successful British book artist with work in collections of many universities, London’s Tate Gallery, the Cooper-Hewett Museum in New York, the National Gallery and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. His work was selected for Stand and Deliver, an exhibition of pop-up editioned books that has toured the U.S. He exhibits widely and has been elected to the UK Craft Council’s select list of British design makers.

Instructor: Paul Johnson, http://www.bookart.co.uk/
Fee: $85
Work Hours/Time: 1:00-4:00
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