A is for Alice

Awards:   Short-listed for ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award: Art 2010 Shortlisted for ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award: Art 2010.
Author:   George A. Walker
Publisher:   Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada
ISBN:  

9780889843233


Pages:   64
Publication Date:   01 December 2009
Format:   Paperback
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A is for Alice


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  • Short-listed for ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award: Art 2010
  • Shortlisted for ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award: Art 2010.

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Author:   George A. Walker
Publisher:   Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada
Imprint:   Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.128kg
ISBN:  

9780889843233


ISBN 10:   0889843236
Pages:   64
Publication Date:   01 December 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

A is for Alice B is for Bat C is for Caterpillar D is for Doremouse E is for EAT ME F is for Flamingo G is for GRIN (Cheshire Cat) H is for Hall of Doors I is for Duchess In Jail J is for JAWS (crocodile) K is for Knitting L is for lobsters M is Mad Hatter N is for neck O is for oversized Alice P is for Pig Q is for Queen of Hearts R is for Rabbit Hole S is for swimming in the pool of tears T is the Mad Tea-party U is Jack Under Arrest V is very small Alice W White Rabbit's watch X is for aXe Y is for baby Yelling Z is for Gryphon who's asleep

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Alice in Wonderland has inspired the imaginations of generations of readers, writers, and artists the world over. In A Is for Alice, the visceral merriment and eccentricity at play in Lewis Carroll's original masterwork shine brightly. Via twenty-six of his intricate wood engravings on the subject (which number close to an amazing two hundred), expert bookmaker and printer George A. Walker offers a glimpse of some of the most memorable moments and characters of Wonderland fame. The book's release is a mere three months before the highly anticipated blockbuster Return to Wonderland; while this may be fortuitous timing, A Is for Alice is strikingly different from Tim Burton's prismatic feature. Walker's Wonderland is captured in bold slashes -- stark, physical renderings of movement and emotion in solid wood. Each image offered here provides evidence of its creation; there is a reminder, with each turn of the page, of the hand and thought that guided each groove. Walker's ability to impress such great detail (as in the grain of both the fur of the Cheshire Cat, and the branch upon which he is perched) in a print made with woodblocks is remarkable, and is a testament to the quarter-century Walker has dedicated to creating books. The author's careful selection of passages and images encourages readers to take as little or as much time with the text as they wish. The woodcut images themselves provide plenty to ponder (feeling at times to be actual snapshots of the fantastic and bizarre heroine's journey) and the alphabetical layout offers similarly brief, yet telling, almost anecdotal-feeling narrative. Carroll's charm is ever-present in Walker's playful choices for the letter's representatives, ranging from the understated 'C is for Caterpillar' to the 'U is for the Jack (Knave) Under Arrest.' Wonderland is nothing if not a realm of wordplay, and Walker successfully continues the game. At the heart of this book is the art of the book, pages kissed by poetic samples of Carroll's writing and bound using artisan techniques onsite at The Porcupine's Quill headquarters. It is a high-quality, collectable edition in which fans of the Alice stories, bibliophiles, and young readers will delight. -- Patty Comeau ForeWord Magazine


'Alice in Wonderland has inspired the imaginations of generations of readers, writers, and artists the world over. In A Is for Alice, the visceral merriment and eccentricity at play in Lewis Carroll's original masterwork shine brightly. Via twenty-six of his intricate wood engravings on the subject (which number close to an amazing two hundred), expert bookmaker and printer George A. Walker offers a glimpse of some of the most memorable moments and characters of Wonderland fame.'The book's release is a mere three months before the highly anticipated blockbuster Return to Wonderland; while this may be fortuitous timing, A Is for Alice is strikingly different from Tim Burton's prismatic feature. Walker's Wonderland is captured in bold slashes -- stark, physical renderings of movement and emotion in solid wood. Each image offered here provides evidence of its creation; there is a reminder, with each turn of the page, of the hand and thought that guided each groove. Walker's ability to impress such great detail (as in the grain of both the fur of the Cheshire Cat, and the branch upon which he is perched) in a print made with woodblocks is remarkable, and is a testament to the quarter-century Walker has dedicated to creating books. 'The author's careful selection of passages and images encourages readers to take as little or as much time with the text as they wish. The woodcut images themselves provide plenty to ponder (feeling at times to be actual snapshots of the fantastic and bizarre heroine's journey) and the alphabetical layout offers similarly brief, yet telling, almost anecdotal-feeling narrative. Carroll's charm is ever-present in Walker's playful choices for the letter's representatives, ranging from the understated 'C is for Caterpillar' to the 'U is for the Jack (Knave) Under Arrest.' Wonderland is nothing if not a realm of wordplay, and Walker successfully continues the game.'At the heart of this book is the art of the book, pages kissed by poetic samples of Carroll's writing and bound using artisan techniques onsite at The Porcupine's Quill headquarters. It is a high-quality, collectable edition in which fans of the Alice stories, bibliophiles, and young readers will delight.' -- Patty Comeau ForeWord Magazine '... a treat for fans of the tale and poetry alike, highly recommended.' -- Margaret Lane MidWest Book Review


Author Information

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 Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, where he is Associate Professor, have been offered continuously since 1985. For over twenty years Walker has exhibited his wood engravings and limited edition books internationally, often in association with The Loving Society of Letterpress (and The Binders of Infinite Love) and the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild ( C B B A G ). Among many other book projects, Walker has also illustrated two hand-printed books written by the British author Neil Gaiman. Walker is the illustrator of the first Canadian edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass books (Cheshire Cat Press). George A. Walker was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art for his contribution to the cultural area of Book Arts.

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