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Paul Johnson (book artist)
British book artist
Paul Johnson | |
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Paul Johnson, book artist and teacher | |
Born | (1943-03-14) March 14, 1943 (age 81) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Paper engineer, book artist, teacher |
Spouse | Ercelia |
Website | bookart.co.uk |
Paul Johnson is a book artist and teacher in the United Kingdom.
He is best known as a pop-up and movable book artist and for his work as a teacher of book art and children’s literacy. Johnson, the founder of the Book Art Project, an initiative that teaches writing to children through book making, has made books with over 200,000 children and over 25,000 teachers worldwide.[1]
Early life and education
Johnson grew up in Norwich, England.[2][3] He attended the Norwich University of the Arts and Rabindranath Tagore’s University of Santiniketan in India before getting his PhD from York University.[4] After experimenting with poetry and performance art, J