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My bookbinding teacher recently had a client bring her a book for restoration, found in the street by chance, abandoned on a trash can. It turned out to be a hollow book made for the 1889 World’s Fair, to house a collection of pen nibs (whoever owned it was diligent about it, there are 500+ of them!) I particularly like the one at the top of the close-up picture, shaped like the Eiffel tower (which was built for the 1889 Fair) (apparently we immediately started selling tourists Eiffel tower-shaped objects and never looked back)

He was a young artist employed by the Disney studio, but tasked with the entry-level job of finishing off the work of the animators and crafting the “in-between” animations that completed the characters’ movements. Wong had learned that studio executives were creating a film from the new novel, Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten. Tom says the young artist read the book and without consulting his supervisor, “took the script and painted some visual concepts to set the mood, color and the design.” 

His sketches recalled the lush mountain and forest scenes of Sung dynasty landscape paintings. His initiative paid off. Walt Disney, who was looking for something new for the film, was captivated and personally directed that Wong be promoted. Today, top animators and illustrators revere Wong’s work. Children today are as enchanted by the misty, lyrical brushstrokes of Wong’s colorful nature scenes, inspired by his training at Otis College of Art and self-study of Sung Dynasty art 

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