The Point of the Graver
Language: English
Published by Erin (ON): Porcupine's Quill, 1994, 1994
- Signed
- Softcover
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Signed by author! Paper bound, edition not stated, inscribed, signed and dated by author on title page, vii + 82 engravings with facing notes on each opposite page. Includes publisher's glossy large bookmark with the author's photo in front of a bookstore holding up a copy of this book. A very good copy. 300 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Seller Inventory # 19689
- Title
- The Point of the Graver
- Author
- Wesley W. Bates
- Publisher
- Erin (ON): Porcupine's Quill, 1994
- Publication year
- 1994
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0889841829
- ISBN 13
- 9780889841826
- Seller catalogs
- Art
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 Hamilton artist Wesley Bates these seemingly inflexible demanding materials can create form, fluidity, mood, depth: an infinite world of light and shadow, monochrome and colour.
The English wood engraver Clare Leighton once wrote, `Of all media, wood-engraving is the one in which there is the least to be taught and the most to be learnt.' The engraver's challenge to engrave light onto the block and to respect the mystery of solid blacks and whites is not easily met; but Wesley learned his craft carefully and methodically. He shows his admiration for English wood engraving in his skilful use of these simple gravers and his ability to suggest character and expression in his subjects.
Wesley's engravings maintain their moods and tell their tales with style, sensitivity, humour and skill. The subject matter in The Point of the Graver ranges from traditional folk ballads (The Brisk Young Butcher) to modern allegories (A Contemporary Fable), from simple commissions (Ex Libris) to elaborate three-panel illustrations (To the Avon River above Stratford, Canada). In all of these Bates display a technical virtuosity that allows him to `live on the point of the graver' where there is the constant danger of passing the point of no return.
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From the Back Cover
`This book offers a wonderful opportunity to explore the growth of an artist through both his comments and his accomplishments. Equally important is the opportunity to enjoy the robust humour and vitality of the engravings of Wesley W. Bates.'
- Gayle Garlock - Devil's Artisan"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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