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| India Gate, New Delhi, India |
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| Arc de Triumph, Paris, France |
Though gates are often used as a means of keeping things separate and controlled.. such as border-crossings, airport screening areas, and cattle chutes... they also can have that curious aura of mystery, surprise, welcome, and tribute. The book-of-the-week for Week 4 is titled, The Miracle of Gates.
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| a pop-up book of gates... |
The Miracle of Gates is a pop-up book that explores
gates with a variety of pull-tab pop-up mechanisms. Directions to make the various pull-tab structures exhibited in
The Miracle of Gates can be found in a number of reference books including:
The Elements of Pop-Up, by David A. Carter and James Diaz;
Paper Engineering for pop-up books and cards, by Mark Hiner; and
Pop-Up design and paper mechanics, by Duncan Birmingham.
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| The cover.. a dissolving scene of a tropical Eden.. |
The cover has a
dissolving scene of the title that transforms into a photograph of a tropical rainforest when the side-tab is pulled.
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| ... a dissolving gate to see the title |
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| Title page of recycled word cut-outs |
The text is created from words to resemble those cut from magazines.... The first pull tab structure is a simple pull strip behind a window. My friend, Miriam, sketched the lovely little gate and stone walkway. Push or pull the tab to see what to do...
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| Keep your... edge |
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| Keep your ....Passion! |
The second pull-tab is a
slot guided double slide. This image hides behind the gate until the tab is pulled. ...
EXOTIC CURIOSITIES...
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| a mystery behind the gate... |
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| tab pulled out: a creepy blue guy... |
The next page is a slot-guided (single) slide of a boy behind a gate and a part of the text on the pull tab... Like the earlier page, the boy
also moves behind the gate panel...
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| Tab pushed in.. a boy behind the gate |
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| pull tab to see FUTURE.. |
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Turning Your FUTURE ....to More Than
Remembering |
Though not exactly a pull tab, the next page is a rotating wheel that requires a sort of
pushing along...
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| a rotating wheel of traveling ANTS! |
The dissolving scene of the cover is repeated in the next page...
getting Your wish. The top scene is a cityscape of bleak apartment windows. When the tab is pulled, the scene changes to a lush tropical garden...
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| a sliding window.. |
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| a garden oasis... |
The last pop-up is a pull-tab
flap. The flap rises when the tab is pulled and can be used to reveal a hidden image.
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| a WELCOME mat at the gate... |
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| pull to see... the miracle |
When the little flap pop-up is swung open, the words the miracle appear...
Then turn the page, to...
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| life.... |
