Andrew Baron (paper engineer)

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.

Andrew (Andy) Baron
Born (1962-03-31) March 31, 1962
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPaper engineer
Spouse(s)Paula
Websitepopyrus.com

Biography

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
  • 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
Year Title Location Notes
2012Pop! The Arthur J. Williams Pop-up Collection[9]Florida Atlantic University, Wimberly LibraryAlso included David A. Carter, James Diaz, Harold Lentz
2012Pop-Up! Illustration in 3-D[10]Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PAItems drew largely from the collection of Ann Montanaro Staples, founder of The Movable Book Society
2011The Harold M. Goralnick Pop-Up Book Collection: An Exhibition[11]Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, MaineThe collection holds over 1,900 volumes, including works by Baron.
2010Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn[12]Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Museum of American HistoryAlso included Matthew Reinhart, Bruce Foster, Chuck Fischer
2004Show Me a Story: Children’s Books and the Technology of Enchantment[13]San Francisco Center for the BookExhibit includes inside view of the production of Knick-Knack Paddywhack!
  • 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
  1. "Convention Roundup". Movable stationery; newsletter of the Movable Book Society. v.6 (2): 1. May 1998. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. Zelinsky, Paul O. (September 2003). "Behind the Tabs". Riverbank Review: 22.
  3. 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.
  4. Pena, Adie (November 2001). "Pop-up Royalty". Movable stationery; newsletter of the Movable Book Society. v. 9 (4). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. "Benjamin Franklin Fiesta". Santa Fe New Mexican. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. "Benjamin Franklin Fiesta". Santa Fe New Mexican. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  7. "Maillardet's Automaton: The Franklin Institute Science Museum". www.fi.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  8. "Franklin Institute's Maillardet Automaton Demo 11/04/07". 26 March 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  9. "FAU Book Exhibition Pops in Three Dimensions - Boca Magazine". Boca Magazine. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. "Pop-Up! Illustration in 3D". Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  11. "(Bowdoin, Library, Harold M. Goralnick Pop-up Book Collection)". library.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  12. "Smithsonian Institution Libraries Unveils "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn" | Newsdesk". newsdesk.si.edu. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  13. "PAST EXHIBITIONS:San Francisco Center for the Book". sfcb.org. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  14. 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.
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