Five Collections of Wood Engravings
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The Point of the Graver |
The Point of the GraverWesley W Bates`A carefully squared block of highly polished endgrain boxwood or maple and a few sharpened gravers are insignificant in themselves. But in the hands of an artist like Wesley Bates these seemingly inflexible, demanding materials can create form, fluidity, mood, depth: an infinite world of light and shadow, monochrome and colour.' William Rueter sewn paper, 6x9, 160 pages
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An Artist's Garden |
An Artist's GardenGerard Brender à Brandis`Brender à Brandis' delicate illustrations evoke tremendous texture for a medium as difficult as wood engraving, and have a wild, almost Art Nouveau quality.' The Globe and Mail sewn paper, 6x9, 176 pages
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Portraits of Flowers |
Portraits of FlowersG. Brender à Brandis and Patrick Lima`Portraits of Flowers is, like a wild orchid blooming by a woodland path, a small treasure.... The exquisite engravings have a magical quality. Lima's corresponding miniature essays are a mixed bouquet of gardening lore, practical advice, memoir and whimsy. When the weeding is done - or, at least, done for the day - Portraits of Flowers will remind gardeners why they garden.' Macleans sewn paper, 6x9, 160 pages
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Wood, Ink & Paper |
Wood, Ink & PaperG Brender à Brandis`In this book he draws us into scenes like that of a windswept kite set against a blustery spring day with the skeletal branches and fence rows, or that of a gigantic setting sun blazing through a field of winter wheat, or the quietude of an upstairs room in a farmhouse. There are also pictures of abandoned broken windmills, fishing tugs, pine washstands, black-eyed susans, windowsills ... all quiet, contemplative and reserved.' Marty Gervais, The Windsor Star sewn paper, 6x9, 160 pages
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The Inverted Line |
The Inverted LineGeorge A Walker`George Walker is one of the most unusual wood engravers in the country, and works in a distinctly contemporary idiom. Using a dentist's drill, he routs out deep grooves which create bold graphic white lines, providing a brilliant black-white contrast.' Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary sewn paper, 6x9, 176 pages
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 G. Brender à Brandis (left) and Wesley Bates. Photo by Richard Bachmann, A Different Drummer Books. The Porcupine's Quill, 68 Main Street, Erin, Ontario CANADA N0B 1T0 Telephone (519) 833-9158 Fax (519) 833-9845 |