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Korean artist Cheong-ah Hwang has created this stunning Alice image using a technique of layering paper to create a 3D effect. To see other (non-Carollian) images she has created, click here. Wouldn’t it be great to see a whole edition of the Alice books illustrated by this talented, self-taught artist?
Here she shares photos of creating it!
You can also buy a giclee print of this image in two sizes on Etsy.
Lovely work!
Tyler “LEGOhaulic” Clites grew up watching the Disney Alice in Wonderland film and loved its absurdity. It inspired him as he grew older to read the books, which sparked the idea of re-creating these worlds in miniature. When asked where he feels his work draws most from, Clites cites both Disney and Tenniel, whose versions he combines in whimsical ways that fans of either–or both–can spot. Clites has completed four Alice-themed projects so far: the Mad Tea Party, the croquet game, the hall with the glass table, and the caterpillar. Each has an extraordinary attention to detail, as well as a palpable sense of play and enjoyment. The projects are all made with off-the-shelf LEGO pieces and parts, though some date back many years, culled from his personal collection. You can see his work here.
The long-running TV game show “Jeopardy” features Carrolian “answers” on a regular basis. Sadly, the three contestants often don’t know the appropriate “question” in response. But on the May 29th episode, the Mouse’s Tale was used as an example of “this kind of poetry” and a contestant correctly responded “what is concrete?”
Wikipedia also references the Mouse’s Tale when giving examples of concrete poetry. We’ve heard of a “poetry slam” but the Mouse’s Tale is more of a “poetry slab!”
An Alice sighting in Unicorn-land from LCSNA member Stephanie Lovett:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cloisters Museum, home of the famous unicorn tapestries, has an exhibit running called Search for the Unicorn, which opens with the “If you believe in me, I’ll believe in you” quote from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. The NY Times review cites it and links to the full text, and also provides a slideshow of the exhibit.
Today is publication day for this fascinating new novel from Charlie Lovett, former LCSNA President and wonderfully active LCSNA member:
The Bookman’s Tale is a new novel from Viking Books by Charlie Lovett (former president of the LCSNA and author of several books on Lewis Carroll). Set in the world of rare books, the novel includes several references to Alice and in particular to the original manuscript book of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground at the British Library. The Bookman’s Tale hits stores on May 28 and has been named by Barnes and Noble as its latest “Recommends” title. The book will be published in the UK and Australia this summer and in at least nine foreign languages in the coming months. More information is available on Charlie’s website, www.charlielovett.com, where you will also find his “Bookman’s Blog” dedicated to all things bookish and containing frequent entries about items in his Lewis Carroll collection.
If you’ll be in Manhattan, Charlie will be signing copies at the Barnes & Noble at 86th Street and Lexington Avenue on Wednesday, June 26th, at 7pm. You can also buy the book from the aforementioned bookseller by clicking here or by clicking the image on this post.
Here’s a treat for those of you who love to do a crossword with your tea or coffee on Sunday: Clever USC graduate student Andrew Woodham has won the 9th annual USC Libraries “Wonderland Award” by creating a crossword puzzle with an Alice in Wonderland theme. To read about the contest, and download a PDF of the puzzle to solve for yourself, click the image or click here.
This is actually the second year in a row Mr. Woodham has won the competition, a feat which, contrariwise, is a “first” in the award’s history. The contest was the brainchild of LCSNA member Linda Cassady; she and member Angelica Carpenter were among the distinguished judges for this year’s competition. Congrats to Mr. Woodham and thanks to USC and Linda for sponsoring this contest!
A high-resolution bitmap artwork containing the entire text of Wonderland in the shape of Alice herself can be found here. The text is broken down into words whose frequency determines their size in the finished image. Add a bit of artistic creativity, and voila! Mad hats off to creative developer Kris Temmerman, who created this image.
And now, Alice speaks Yiddish! A fine new translation of Wonderland using the Hebrew alphabet by Dr. Adina bar-El is now available for $25 including shipping via PayPal or check or cash. Email adinabarel@gmail.com or write to:
Dr. Adina bar-El,
Haza’it st. 9,
Moshav Nir-Israel, 79505
Israel
Thanks to Lambert Liu for responding to my plea for blog items from all you Mimsy Minions! He found a flyer for a ballet performance at his local Huntington, Long Island, NY bookstore:
“Long Island Ballet Theatre presents an original ballet adventure choreographed by former NYC Ballet dancer & world acclaimed by choreographer Christopher Fleming.
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole as she meets the weird & wonderful characters of “Wonderland” – tea with the Mad Hatter, treacherous croquet with the Queen of Hearts and a White Rabbit that leads her all the way!”
The ballet will be performed on June 1st. For more information, click here.
Keep those Carrollian items coming, Minions! Our need, like your curiosity, is inexhaustible.
Attention, all Mimsy Minions! (If Lady Gaga can dub her fans “Little Monsters” then surely Lewis Carroll’s must be called “Mimsy Minions”.) It’s a lot of work to keep up with nifty Carrollian information for our blog. Please pitch in and show your colors! Submit any blog-worthy items (with URLs where appropriate) to me at: blogmaster@lewiscarroll.org. Do this early and often! Let’s demonstrate just how nifty blog crowdsourcing can be. Thanks! 🙂
Mr. Dodgson dreaming up a new blog post….
