Conversation with David A. Carter
There’s something about pop-up books, and books with tabs, levers and dials; they make a two dimensional book extend into the world of the child in a way that makes the opposite seem true. The book literally explodes off the page.
You’ve probably had experiences with pop-up and movable books. And then there’s the Bug Books. Have you seen those before? They present textures and other tactile experiences to the reader.
David A. Carter is an author, illustrator and perhaps most importantly, a paper engineer. He makes those interactive experiences a reality. A creator of more than sixty books including The Elements of Pop-Up, a veritable how-to guide for aspiring pop-up artists.
David Carter joins Mark to speak about an art that has largely been about reverse engineering and apprenticing on this edition of Just One More Book!!
David Carter’s top-10 pop-ups not including his own work (some of these are out of print):
- International Circus by Lothar Meggendorfer
- The Bookano series
- Robot by Jan Pienkowski
- Dinner Time by Jan Pienkowski
- The Human Body by David Pelham and Jonathan Miller
- Universe by David Pelham and Heather Cooper
- The National Geographic Pop-Up series
- Peek-A-Boo by Jean Claverie
- The Christmas Alphabet by Robert Sabuda
- ABC3D by Marion Bataille
David Carter’s top-3 works of his own:
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