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Paul Johnson, the British artist, writer, researcher and book artist travels around the world dividing his time among researching the book arts in education, running the Book Art Project in England and producing his own work. His published work includes: A Book of One’s Own, 1993; Pop-up Paper Engineering, 1992; Literacy Through the Book Arts, 1993; and Books Searching for Authors,  1994. [See Paul Johnson's article, The movable, three-dimensional, multi-experimental Book, in The New Bookbinder, Vol. 16, 1996.]

His personal work embraces the areas of paper sculpture, paper environments, books and paper furniture. He has exhibited at major one-man and group exhibitions of work in paper in England, Europe and Japan. He was elected to the Crafts Council Index of Selected Makers in 1989 and in the same year was profiled on BBC TV’s ‘Handmade’ series on British Crafts. Johnson’s work is in public and private collections internationally.

Johnson thinks of his books as ‘interior architecture’ – because they can be opened up and experienced as three-dimensional forms. He feels that paper is by far the most versatile of all art materials. His use of a brilliant and glowing color palette makes his work a visual treat.

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