{"product_id":"mobydick-in-pictures-one-drawing-for-every-page-9781935639138","title":"Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of illustrations inspired by lines from every single page of the 552-page Signet Classics paperback edition of Herman Melvilles Moby-Dick  Inspired by one of the worlds greatest novels  Ohio artist Matt Kish set out on an epic voyage of his own one day in August 2009. More than one hundred and fifty years following the original publication of Moby-Dick  Kish began illustrating Herman Melvilles classic  creating images based on text selected from every page of the 552-page Signet Classics paperback edition. Completely self-taught  Kish refused to set any boundaries for the artwork and employed a deliberately low-tech approach in response to the increasing popularity of born-digital art and literature. He used found pages torn from old  discarded books  as well as a variety of mediums  including ballpoint pen  marker  paint  crayon  ink  and watercolor. By layering images on top of existing words and images  Kish has crafted a visual masterpiece that echoes the layers of meaning in Melvilles narrative. In retrospect  Kish says he feels as foolhardy as Ishmael  the novels narrator  and as obsessed as Captain Ahab in his quest for the great white whale. I see now that the project was an attempt to fully understand this magnificent novel  to walk through every sun-drenched word  to lift up all the hatches and open all the barrels  to smell  taste  hear  and see every seabird  every shark  every sailor  every harpooner  and every whale  he says. It was a hard thing  a very painful thing  but the novel now lives inside me in a away it never could have before. Kish spent nearly every day for eighteen months toiling away in a small closet he converted into an art studio. In order to share the work with family and friends  he started the blog One Drawing for Every page of Moby-Dick  where he posted art and brief description about his process on a daily basis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650331729973,"sku":"ByrdShop_1935639137","price":347.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781935639138.jpg?v=1781794481","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mobydick-in-pictures-one-drawing-for-every-page-9781935639138","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}