In the Lighthouse Gallery at the Shelburne Museum there is currently work dedicated specifically to book arts. Among some of my favorites are Sam Ita and Matthew Reinhart. Their combined talent as paper engineers is phenomenal.

One of my favorite portions of the show was the white model and sketch displays for selected pop-up books. Shown were beginning stages of Sam Ita’s book Frankenstein and Matthew Reinhart’s book Encyclopedia Mythologica: Dragons & Monsters. (See my photos for examples of each stage in the design process.)

Some of my other favorite titles by Sam and Matthew include 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods & Heroes, and Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs.