Pop-up Books with Shawn Sheehy

Pop-up books have been a part of bookbinding history since the 13th century. Originally used in medical textbooks, today we more commonly find pop ups in children’s books. Join pop-up book artist Shawn Sheehy to explore what it takes to make pop-ups. Learn the basics of paper engineering, use of materials and tools, as well as special considerations Shawn makes hen developing a pop-up book. At the end of the webinar Shawn demonstrate the process of assembling a pop-up in a live demo. This is a webinar you won’t want to miss.

About the Binder: Shawn Sheehy has been teaching book arts courses and workshops since 2001. His broadsides and artist book editions have been collected by such institutions as Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Library of Congress, UCLA, and Harvard. Sheehy’s trade pop-up books Welcome to the Neighborwood and Beyond the Sixth Extinction (both mass-market versions of previous artist books) were published by Candlewick and have won numerous awards. Sheehy served as director of The Movable Book Society from 2018 to 2023. Aside from degrees in education and design, he holds an MFA in Book Arts from Columbia College Chicago.

Cost: $15
Date: August 23, 2025
Time: 11:00am PST