Tanya Thomas
Alphabet People
Santa Cruz, USA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1989
64 pp., 6 x 4.75 cm., hardcover
Edition of 200 numbered copies
An Alphabet book where the illustrations are based on the artists’ daughter Tanya Thomas twisting her body into the shapes of letters of the alphabet, and creating a drawing for each. The book consists of printed paper over boards with an illustrated paste-down label on cover, letterpress printed on Peter Thomas' handmade paper.
"Peter and Donna Thomas have made several alphabet artists’ books. One made in the shape of an Apple MAC, one in the shape of mushrooms, one celebrating views of Yosemite, one for musical instruments (accordion to zither, of course), one for spring wildflowers and one, of course, just for the letters themselves.
This one may be their earliest. Handset in Greeting Monotone and letterpress printed by Peter Thomas on peach-colored handmade paper. The same paper is used for covering the boards. As with all the initials in the book, the alphabet on the cover and pastedown title card is inked in red.”
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