34 and 35 Susan Hoerth and Colette Fu

As an adult you sometimes forget all the childhood activities and memories that made your childhood special. For me, I can remember reading a lot. I loved books that were interactive, like puzzle and my favorite, Pop-up books. Susan Hoerth and Colette Fu, both design pop-up books, with two different stlyes.

Colette Fu who is Chinese, creates these pop ups, with alot of detail and color. As a child Fu disliked being Chinese and tried hard to alter her apperance to fit in. After graduating form University of Virginia, she went to visit her mother's hometown in Yunnan in 1993. While there, she documented 25 ethnic minorities who lived their.Their she had a change of heart, which lead her to return to the U.S. and create these detailed works, with inspiration from her heritage. At total of 16 handmade pop-up, "We Are Tiger Dragon People.".

Her pop-ups double as photo essays. looking at alot of her pop-ups the pictuers do them no justice, there is just to much detail; one needs to view them up close and personal.
   

So of her more mystical pop up books, are pretty cool. It's hard to tell exactly what it is, but it has eyes, so must be some sort of creature.



Unlike Colette Fu, who use bright colors and her heritage to create these massive pop-ups, Susan Hoerth approaches them differently.  Susan has a vintage style in creating pop-up books. Hoerth only uses books that are dated before 1923 and they can not be first editions. Hoerth technique is pop-up mixed with a drop box; her images aren't just poping out at you, but almost like they have a life of their own.

I like the fact that Hoerth is even using vintage fashion in her works to stick with the old books she has selected. It would be interesting to learn how to create pop-ups, Hoerth makes them look amazing. She has so much variety, between the animals, humans, the stories and themes. Reminds me of the Indian in the cupboard.





Over all both these ladies have taken a child hood, memory for many, and evolved them into intricate pop-ups. If I had to choose who was best, I would say Hoerth style. Fu's like to overload her work with color and detail, which is hard to understand. Hoerth on the other hand, also overloads her works, but does it in a appealing way. I also really like the vintage style she uses.