I’ve been making pop-up Christmas cards since the first year my wife and I were married. This one happens to be the first one cut out by machine. It was still cut relatively slowly one-at-a-time but at least we didn’t have to cut 100 of them out by hand with scissors like the previous years. As you pull open the oven door, a baking tray full of cookies slides out. Once the door is all the way open, the gingerbread Rob & Rosemary stand up. Also, once the card is opened it stands up in its dimensional oven form (with the message “floating” on clear acetate.) It can stay in this form for display or you can collapse it. I had red lights in this design at one point and I also tried some clear vanilla scent decals – but more sensible opinions prevailed. There are already a ton of different materials in this card so planning adequately for assembly time is often a big problem for me as the busy holidays draw near.
Will you be making more of these? They’re amazing!
Thank you! Last week, I actually found a couple of samples I still had on my shelf. This was a fun design. The museum shop already reprinted this once but I don’t think they’ll make any more sadly. I have other cards in the MoMA store though! Thanks for reaching out.
I’ve always loved your cards – bought several boxes of your stove/gingerbread that you designed for Moma. My friends – several of them in the food and restaurant world – always said your stove was their favorite card. And I’ve bought several of your Birthday Oven cards – also wonderfully conceived.
I wonder if you could someday do another kitchen themed pop up for the holidays or other occasion.
Maybe a refrigerator? Or an electric mixer? Or a work table with deserts on it?
If anyone could do a brilliant result, it would be you.
Best regards,
John H
Thanks for the kind words about my work! I actually found a sketch I had done for a pop-up mixer but I never executed it. I might resurrect that one! I have other cards available in the MoMA store but I’ll keep this idea handy for the next time I present card samples.
Best regards,
Rob
Thanks, Rob, for your note. I just received your new MoMA card of your Cosmic Tree. it’s brilliant! Cheers, John H