Unwrapping
A Perfect Wonderful Day with Friends
by Philip Waechter
trans. from the German by Melody Shaw.
Specs
* Reading Age: 2-5 years
* Grade Level: PS-K
* Length: 28 pages
* Publisher: Gecko Press
* Pub. Date: August 2, 2022
* ISBN-13: 978-1776574667
* Language: English
Editorial Reviews
Publishers Weekly – June 15, 2022
In spreads by Waechter, clear, carefully worked drawings capture the merry detritus of daily life inside and out of doors, tree leaves worked in delicate labyrinths of ink.
The secret to happiness lies, this jovial book hints, in welcoming every new event and participating wholeheartedly.
Unwrapping Some Illustrations
The Book
Storywraps Rating - 5 HUGS!
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Meet the Author/Illustrator
Philip Waechter was born in 1968 in Germany. He is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator living in Frankfurt am Main. In 1999 Philip and Moni Port co-founded the community studio LABOR. (Also part of this collective are Gecko Press author/illustrators Jörg Mühle and Anke Kuhl.)
What made a perfect wonderful day with friends when you were a child?
When I was a child, my best friend lived with about 15 people in a shared house, a big old villa. It had absolutely everything! There was a big garden with fruit trees, and a cosy treehouse. We made fires, found treasures and played “gangster on the run” in an old car wreck, which for some reason was also in this garden. We used the cellar as a practice room for bands with different musical instruments: drums, electric guitars, keyboards and amps. We made “music” there, although none of us could play an instrument. And we spent entire afternoons on a real pinball machine. Spending days there with my friends was wonderful and quite perfect.
What is your picture book process? Story first or picture first?
First comes the main idea. Then, as a rule, lots of sketching. The illustrations help me get an overview of the sequence, the page layout and set the scene. The text follows the illustrations … and so everything follows on, pictures build on pictures, text on text and scene on scene.
The book slowly takes shape, the contents tighten up, again and again it is changed, knocked over and reworked. And eventually I have (hopefully) the happy feeling that the characters are starting to come alive and the story really works.
Can you tell us about your art technique (brushes, colours, digital vs hand, paint)?
I draw with black ink fine line pens then make black and white photocopies of each illustration. I colour these with felt pens and work with crayons to bring out the details. I use ink with little sponges on the paper for the background. I work at actual size and make my picture books without a computer.
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