Book Artist Carol Barton in her studio
I’m Carol Barton, a book artist and paper engineer. I’ve published The Pocket Paper Engineer workbooks on how to make pop-ups and many of my own artist’s books.
I’ve been working with the book form for over twenty-five years. Making books as an art form allows me to combine my backgrounds in painting and photography with my interests in sculptural forms, printing, and serial images. My inspiration comes from various sources: reading, history and science topics, functional objects (furniture, jewelry, and kinetics toys), architecture, and other artists’ books. The book is an intimate type of art in which the viewer becomes actively involved. It’s the opportunity for personal communication through the books I design that I most enjoy.
3 responses so far ↓
Liz // November 24, 2008 at 8:23 pm |
Thanks for visiting my blog. My children LOVE pop up books. We actually own your book and hope to create our own for fun when the kids (now 2 and 4) are a little older.
Cecilia Westerberg // January 22, 2009 at 2:36 pm |
Hi Carol,
Do you ever make workshops in Europe?
I really want to learn more about pop-up and I live in Denmark.
All the best
Sarah Cheffy // April 2, 2009 at 2:06 pm |
Hi Carol!
I live in Washington, DC and have a new project that I’d love to talk to you about. If you send me your email address, I’d love to send you a detailed description. Let me know if you’d be interested – you can look me up on facebook, linkedin and on my personal blog: sarahcheffy.com.
Also, here’s an article that’s right up your alley. Visionaire is truly a work of art. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/magazine-making-art-new-visionaire-unveiled
Best,
Sarah