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Book of Hours: A Wordless Novel Told in 99 Wood Engravings: Graphic Novels (Porcupine's Quill), cartea 4

Autor George A. Walker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2010 – vârsta de la 13 până la 17 ani
In the "Book of Hours," award-winning wood engraver George A. Walker creates a modern-day, secular devotional that captures in narrative imagery what is too devastating for words: the individual moments of innocence and routine life that ended with the onslaught of 9/11.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780889843356
ISBN-10: 088984335X
Pagini: 189
Dimensiuni: 140 x 221 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:00002
Editura: Porcupine's Quill
Seria Graphic Novels (Porcupine's Quill)


Notă biografică

George A. Walker (Canadian, b. 1960) is an award-winning wood engraver, book artist, teacher, author, and illustrator who has been creating artwork and books and publishing at his private press since 1984. Walker's popular courses in book arts and printmaking at the OCAD University in Toronto, where he is Associate Professor, have been running continuously since 1985. For over twenty years Walker has exhibited his wood engravings and limited edition books internationally, often in conjunction


Recenzii

'The woodcut artist George A. Walker's print shop is a relic from another time. Housed in a converted garage behind his house in Toronto's Leslieville neighbourhood, he moved it out of his basement after his wife complained about the smell. It is cramped but cozy, with everything required to release his artisanal books into the world... 'It was here he hand-carved Book of Hours, his new wordless novel. Taking place on Sept. 10, 2001, Walker's 99 wood engravings focus on those who worked in the Twin Towers -- from their homes to their offices, lives extraordinary only in their ordinariness. The book ends on Sept. 11 at 9:02 a.m., the minute the second plane hit... 'Each image begins as a block of Canadian Maple. After inking on an illustration, he then uses an assortment of engraving tools to carve it out. He then places the block on his workhorse, a Vandercook SP15 proof press he bought years ago for $350, which he hand-cranks to produce each page. Time consuming, yes, but the process is part of the allure. ' "Why bother making woodcuts when I can make photocopies? Maybe put ink on a piece of paper and get a reproduction. What's the difference? Why bother? Why bother to carve out of a piece of wood and make it such a long process? But it's about the process, it's about the journey, it's about the immediacy, and it's about that idea about the connection between the viewer and the actual element." ' -- Mark Medley The National Post