Alphabet 1 (B26)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Ronald King
Title
Alphabet 1
Made in
Guildford
Date
1983
Description
Cut and creased pop-up alphabet print poster, with cut-out letters mounted onto a paper backing.
Materials and techniques
Cut and creased alphabet print. The letters are cut into a pure rag paper and mounted onto 140lb RWS Barcham Green hand-made paper. Framed.
Dimensions
length: 87cm
width: 61.0cm
Object number
B26
Category
Maker's statement
I have been working intermittently on the idea of a simple Alphabet pop-up book for some years. The first actual alphabet forms came with an alphabet poem written by Roy Fisher "Scenes from the Alphabet" in which I used A, B & C down the "gutter" of a central spread on "french folded section". The forms are basically those used in Alphabeta Concertina. The problem in designing the book was in giving each letter one page without having a hole and at the same time making it compact enough not to stretch out to 6 metres.
