{"id":2724,"date":"2023-07-28T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T13:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=2724"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:43:23","slug":"paper-engineering","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/exhibit\/paper-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Open now: August 25-December 19, 2025.<\/h3>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3311\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3311\" class=\"wp-image-3311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2023\/07\/Paper-Engineering-In-Art-Science-and-Education-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"A display window featuring the title of the exhibit and a large paper compass rose in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2023\/07\/Paper-Engineering-In-Art-Science-and-Education-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2023\/07\/Paper-Engineering-In-Art-Science-and-Education-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2023\/07\/Paper-Engineering-In-Art-Science-and-Education-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2023\/07\/Paper-Engineering-In-Art-Science-and-Education-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2023\/07\/Paper-Engineering-In-Art-Science-and-Education.jpg 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the background: <em>The Deep<\/em>, by Kevin Steele. Bloomington, Ind.: K. Steele, 2012. x-Collection Oblong [FOLIO N7433.4.S7375 D311 2012], Special Collections and Archives. Photo by Krista Hershberger.<\/p><\/div><em><br \/>\nPaper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education<\/em> showcases the fascinating world of movable books and paper technologies. Curated by Giselle Sim\u00f3n, Damien Ihrig, and Elizabeth Yale, this interactive exhibition invites visitors to explore flap books, pop-ups, tunnel books, volvelles, and books that use paper to make sounds while learning about their historical and contemporary significance.<\/p>\n<p>Paper has long held a crucial role in communicating information to artists, scientists, and students. Medical flap books from the 16th to the 19th centuries provided an affordable way for physicians to gain hands-on knowledge about the body. Children&#8217;s books from the 18th century onwards used movable elements to instruct and entertain, acting as precursors to interactive media. Artist\u2019s books from the last century demonstrate how paper technologies can engage viewers in new and exciting ways. Through these and other rare materials from University of Iowa Libraries collections, this exhibition celebrates the creativity, design, and ingenuity of paper engineering.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"button-list--2\">\n<li><a class=\"uids-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/paper-engineering-extras\/\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-play icon-first\"><\/i> Videos: see materials in motion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"uids-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/paperhistory\/\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-info icon-first\"><\/i> Read more about paper engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"uids-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/09\/Paper-Engineering-Fall-2025-Exhibit-Guide-9in-x-9in-v5-09.08.25-TAGGED.pdf\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-file-pdf icon-first\"><\/i> View the exhibit guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"uids-button\" href=\"https:\/\/s-lib024.lib.uiowa.edu\/paper-exhibit\/exhibit.html\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-eye icon-first\"><\/i> Interactives: Digital Scholarship &amp; Publishing Studio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Curator Highlights<\/h3>\n<div class=\"exhibit-cards-container\"><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3254 columns-3\">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3254>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_3622.jpeg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Black and white printed engravings of a man, woman, a pregnant female torso, and various body parts and organs. Some of these open with flaps to show layers of organs and tissues in the body.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">Catoptrum microcosmicum [German],1661<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>Johann Remmelin was interested in creating a complete anatomy using flaps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3254>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3255 columns-2\">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3255>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/DSC_3116-scaled.jpg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A medical flap book featuring internal organs.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">De vrouw: haar bouw en haar inwendige organen (The Woman: Her Build and Internal Organs), 1900<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>Aletta Jacobs was a pioneering 19th-century Dutch physician and social activist who was interested in making medical information easily accessible to laypeople.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3255>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3261 columns-1\">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3261>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_3600.jpeg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A small, round paper card shaped like the head of a daisy that opens to reveal several more daisies featuring a central image. Children, animals, and landscapes adorn the daisies to cheer up the recipient on their special day.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">The Birthday Daisy Chain, late 19th c.<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>This simple card is the work of many hands and the product of a complex, industrialized, hierarchical manufacturing process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3261>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3260 \">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3260>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_3597.jpeg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A small book in the French language that has little paper flaps popping up from the page.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">Excellente et facile methode, pour se preparer \u00e0 une Confession generale de toute sa vie, 1699<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>This little book offers a paper technology of the soul, appropriate for polite, well-appointed drawing rooms and dressing rooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3260>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3263 columns-2\">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3263>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/DSC_3128-scaled.jpg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A paper instrument made up of hollow paper spheres attached to a stick. When shaken, the hollow spheres bump into one another and the object becomes a percussion instrument.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">Fragmentos de Lluvia: A Graphic Score, 2021<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>Ceballos has crafted a multisensory experience by manipulating paper into a multitude of forms, all of which are meant to be physically interacted with by the reader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3263>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3264 columns-2\">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3264>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/shifu-hat-scaled.jpg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A gray newsboy style cap woven of fine paper fibers, which appear indistinguishable from fiber thread.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">Shifu (paper thread) exemplars from Asao Shimura, mid-2000s<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>Artist and master papermaker Asao Shimura is known for his shifu works: objects made from paper thread, or kami-ito.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3264>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3265 \">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3265>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_3612.jpeg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Half of a pomegranate, with seeds showing, pops up from a page in this book. A tall green houseplant in a square pot towers above the pomegranate. Both pop up from the page.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">Houseplants, 2020<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>This extraordinary thing about this pop-up book is the height of the structures. The inside surprises like a jack-in-box.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3265>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3262 columns-3\">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3262>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_3617.jpeg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A book is open to a figure of the human head that opens with flaps in layers that demonstrate various organs and structures. Each part is labeled.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">The Practical Home Doctor, 1907<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>Henry M. Lyman and his co-authors attempted to provide everyday people with a useful, evidence-based medical guide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3262>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"liblock liblock__card card__exhibit-media card__exhibit-media--list-item exhibit-id-2724 exhibit-media-id-3266 columns-3\">\r\n\t<a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3266>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_3619.jpeg\" class=\"exhibit-media-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A square, shallow box pops up from a book's spine. The box is woven into a repeating pattern of various shapes using tan and brown strips of strong paper.\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"exhibit-media-title\">ul&#8217;nigid&#8217;, 2019<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"exhibit-media-summary\"><p>This artist book reminds us that craft traditions are inherent in our lives; they are rich art forms that feed us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- <div class=\"exhibit-media-more\"><a href=https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit_media&#038;p=3266>More...<\/a><\/div> -->\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Exhibition Curation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Yale<br \/>\nAssociate Professor<br \/>\nHistory and UI Center for the Book<br \/>\nUniversity of Iowa<\/p>\n<p>Giselle Sim\u00f3n<br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">University Conservator<br \/>\nConservation and Collections Care<br \/>\nUniversity of Iowa Libraries<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Damien Ihrig<br \/>\nCurator, John Martin Rare Book Room<br \/>\nHardin Library for the Health Sciences<br \/>\nUniversity of Iowa Libraries<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Preparation and Conservation<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Bill Voss, Conservator Technician and Exhibit Preparator<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Giselle Sim\u00f3n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Design<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Lauren Coghlan, Creative Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Exhibition Project Coordination<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Sara J. Pinkham, Exhibition and Engagement Coordinator, Main Library Gallery<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Exhibition and Program Support<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Cecil Campbell, Exhibition and Engagement Student Lead, Main Library Gallery<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Installation<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Bill Voss, Lauren Coghlan, Sara J. Pinkham, Giselle Sim\u00f3n, Cecil Campbell, Zo\u00eb Webb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Materials Access Support<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Lindsay Moen, Lead Public Services Librarian, Special Collections and Archives<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Website<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Ken Clinkenbeard, Web Services Specialist<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Sara J. Pinkham<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Communications<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Anne Bassett, Senior Director, Strategic Communications and External Relations<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Krista Hershberger, Communications Specialist<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Interactive Touchscreen, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Matthew Butler, Senior Developer<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Alyssa Varner, Creative Coordinator<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Nikki White, Digital Humanities Research and Instruction Librarian<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Touchscreen Photography and Videography<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Obatola Layiwola, Graduate Student, School of Art, Art History, and Design<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Financial Support<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">University of Iowa Libraries Exhibits and Galleries Fund<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Additional Assistance<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thank you to the following UI librarians and curators for helping to identify materials in their collections to consider for inclusion in this exhibit: Elizabeth Riordan, Lead Outreach and Instruction Librarian, Special Collections and Archives; Eric Ensley, former Curator of Rare Books and Maps, Special Collections and Archives; Anna Holland, Associate Curator, Iowa Women\u2019s Archives; Patricia Gimenez, Director of the Art Library; Lisa Gardinier, Curator of International Literature; and Laura Michelson, Curator of Rare Books and Maps<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Special Collections and Archives.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thanks to Suzanne Karr Schmidt for inviting the exhibit curators to speak to the Movable Book Society about the exhibit and Emily Martin for discussing ideas and materials. Thank you to Karen Carcia and Suzanne Gl\u00e9mot for loaning items from their collections. Special thanks to Katarina Stiller for animations of Remmelin\u2019s <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Catoptrum microcosmicum<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and to Zo\u00eb Webb and Suzanne Gl\u00e9mot for imaging assistance. Thanks to the book artists who have shared their experiences and guidance: Ellen Knudson, Jessica Spring, Mar\u00eda Carolina Ceballos, and Tim Barrett.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2724","1":"exhibit","2":"type-exhibit","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"exhibit-syndication-archived-exhibit","6":"","7":"gallery","8":"wp-json","9":"wp","10":"v2","12":"2724"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibit"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3317,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2724\/revisions\/3317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}