{{Short description|American paper engineer and graphic designer}} {{about||the New Zealand photographer|Bruce Foster (photographer)}} {{Infobox person | name = Bruce Foster | birth_place = | education = University of Tennessee<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hoffarth|first1=Tom|title="Wow" con't: A Bruce Foster Q-and-A {{!}} Farther Off the Wall|url=http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/2009/11/06/wow-cont-a-bruc/|website=www.insidesocal.com|accessdate=18 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929122514/http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/2009/11/06/wow-cont-a-bruc/|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | occupation = Paper engineer, graphic designer | spouse = Lori Stanley | children = Nicole, Lydia<ref>{{cite web|title=About {{!}} Paperpops|url=http://paperpops.com/about|website=paperpops.com|accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref> | website = {{URL| paperpops.com }} }}
'''Bruce Foster''' is an American paper engineer and graphic designer who specializes in pop-up books. Called a "paper magic master",<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Uria|first1=Isabel|title=Bruce Foster: Why He is a Paper Magic Master|journal=Movable Stationery: The Movable Book Society Newsletter|date=May 2010|volume=18|issue= 2|pages=1–2}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="Unlimited">{{cite book|last1=Bluemel|first1=Nancy|last2=Taylor|first2=Rhonda Lynette Harris|title=Pop-up books: a guide for teachers and librarians|year=2012|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=9781591583981|pages=37–39|oclc=758844521|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Trebbi|first1=Jean-Charles|last2=Corkett|first2=Thomas|title=The art of pop-up: the magical world of three-dimensional books|year=2012|isbn=9788492810659|pages=96–97|publisher=Hoaki Books SL |oclc=828847935|language=English}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Talking Design with 3D Paper Engineer Bruce Foster – Structural Graphics Blog|url=https://www.structuralgraphics.com/blog/talking-design-with-3d-paper-engineer-bruce-foster/|website=www.structuralgraphics.com|accessdate=18 December 2016}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Pop-Up Books Appeal Not Just to Kids, But Adults Too|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/virginia/harrisonburg/harrisonburg-daily-news-record/2007/01-04/page-72|accessdate=18 December 2016|work=Harrisonburg Daily News Record|date=4 January 2007|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
He began a career designing pop-up books as a freelancer for Baltimore book children’s book packager Ottenheimer Publishers.<ref name="Unlimited"/>
==Selected bibliography== The following is a sample of the pop-up books paper engineered by Bruce Foster:<ref>{{cite book|last1=Montanaro|first1=Ann R|title=Pop-up and movable books: a bibliography.|date=1993 |publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=0810837285|pages=549–551|oclc=62681468|language=English}}</ref> * {{Citation | last1=Foster | first1=Bruce| last2=Willard | first2=Nancy | last3=Leister | first3=Bryan| last4=Jackson | first4=Bea | year=1995 | title=Gutenberg's gift | publisher=Wild Honey, an Ottenheimer Publishers Company | oclc=32014043 }} * {{Citation | last1=Foster | first1=Bruce| last2=Kee | first2=Lucy | last3=Williamson | first3=Andrew | year=2010 | title=Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book | publisher=Insight Editions | oclc=555627884 }} * {{Citation | last1=Foster | first1=Bruce| last2= Weltevrede | first2= Pieter | last3= Wise | first3= Tad | last4= Beer | first4= Robert | year=2007 | title=Hindu Altars: A Pop-Up Gallery of Traditional Art & Wisdom | publisher=New World Library | oclc=241301654 }} * {{Citation | last1=Foster | first1=Bruce| last2=Berry | first2=Cheree | year=2006 | title=Hoorah-- for the Bra: A Perky Peek at the History of the Brassiere | publisher=Tabori & Chang | oclc=63660577 }} * {{Citation | last1=Foster | first1=Bruce| last2=Rodgers | first2=Richard | last3= Hammerstein | first3= Oscar | last4= Crouse | first4= Russel | last5= Andreasen | first5= Dan | last6= Trapp | first6= Maria Augusta | year=2009 | title=The Sound of Music: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up | publisher=Little Simon | oclc=180756395 }} * {{Citation | last1=Foster | first1=Bruce| last2=Eisner | first2=Will | year=2008 | title=The Spirit of Will Eisner : a pop-up graphic novel | publisher=Insight Editions | oclc=732882001 }} * {{Citation | last1=Foster | first1=Bruce| last2= Havrilesky | first2= Heather | last3= Coulas | first3= Mick | year=2006 | title= The Pop-Up Book of Celebrity Meltdowns | publisher=Melcher Media | oclc=76805039 }} * {{Citation | last=Foster | first=Bruce (paper engineer) | year=2008 | title=Visionaire. 55, Surprise | publisher=Visionaire Publishing | oclc=216939681 }} * {{Citation | last=Foster | first=Bruce | year=2009 | title=Wow!: The Pop-Up Book of Sports | publisher=Time Inc. Home Entertainment | oclc=320191002 }}
==Exhibitions== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Location ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2003||''Pop-ups: Art of the Paper Engineer''<ref>{{cite journal|title=Pop-up Exhibits|journal=Movable Stationery: The Movable Book Society Newsletter|date=1 January 1993|volume=11|issue= 1|page=8|url=http://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/movablestation1112003mova|accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref>|| 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'',<ref>{{cite journal|title=Exhibits|journal=Movable Stationery: The Movable Book Society Newsletter|date=August 2004|volume=12|issue= 3|page=9|url=http://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/movablestation1232004mova|accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rubin|first1=Ellen G. K.|title=With a Song in Our Heart: Movable Book Society 5th Conference|journal=Movable Stationery|date=November 2004|volume=12|issue= 4|page=8|url=http://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/movablestation1242004mova|accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref> || The Museum of Print History, Houston, TX|| Also included work by Irene Rosenberg |- | 2010 || ''Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn''<ref>{{cite web|title=Smithsonian Institution Libraries Unveils "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn" {{!}} Newsdesk|url=http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/smithsonian-institution-libraries-unveils-paper-engineering-fold-pull-pop-and-turn|website=newsdesk.si.edu|accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref> ||Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Museum of American History||Also included Matthew Reinhart, David Hawcock, Chuck Fischer |- |}
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==External links== {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}} * Official [http://paperpops.com/ Bruce Foster Website] * [http://www.bestpopupbooks.com/author/bruce-foster/ Best of Pop-ups author profile, Bruce Foster] * [http://blog.library.si.edu/2010/08/the-making-of-a-popup-book/#.WFYTz1w3KBc Smithsonian Libraries interview] with book artist Chuck Fischer and paper engineer Bruce Foster on how the pop-up book ''Angels'' was created.
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