Two Pieces of Her Cylindrical Anamorphic Art, both based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll. One is a folded card with moving mirror inside which is a take on the riddle, "Why is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?" The second is a book, again with moving mirror which opens up to display a Collage of the many worlds of Alice's Adventures, where once the mirror is curved bring the images together to cleverly form a portrait of Lewis Carroll. Limited Signed Edition of 56/750 (Riddle) and Book 136/350.

Kelly M. Houle. 2004. Two pieces of Anamorphic Art. 1) A small back cloth hardback book with a mounted metal framed portrait of Carroll. Inside is mirror that can be levered to form a cylinder. The rest is a big fold-out collage You have probably seen those photo mosaics where a large image is made up of many smaller images acting as pixels. Kelly Houle has taken the idea a mile further by creating a photo collage that is also anamorphic -- a collage of illustrations and related material from Alice in Wonderland that, when a curved mirror is placed in the correct position, forms a portrait of Lewis Carroll. Absolutely amazing stuff. SIGNED TO INSIDE BY LIMITATIONS - 136/350 for book and 56/750 for following card. A fine copy. 2) A card with the riddle of "Why is a Raven like a Writing Desk?" to the outside and another cylindrcal moving mirror and illustration to inside where raven can be turned to a writing desk in the reflection. Fine in original rexine envelope. Cylindrical anamorphosis is an art technique that creates distorted images that appear normal when viewed through a cylindrical mirror, manipulating perspective and light to produce a three-dimensional effect from a two-dimensional surface.…