{"product_id":"blackstocks-collections","title":"Blackstock's Collections","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModern life is an ever-accelerating barrage of people, buildings,vehicles, creatures, and things. How much can a curious mind take in? And what can it do with all the data? Gregory L. Blackstock, a retired Seattle pot washer, draws order out of all the chaos with a pencil, a black marker, and some crayons. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlackstock is autistic and an artistic savant. He creates visual lists of everything from wasps to hats to emergency vehicles to noisemakers. In the spirit of the Outsider art of Henry Darger and Howard Finster, Blackstock makes art that is stirring in its profusion and detail and inspiring in its simple beauty. He has never received formal artistic training, yet his renderings clearly and beguilingly show subtle differences and similarities--enabling the viewer to see, for example, the distinctive features of a dolly varden, a Pacific Coast steelhead cutthroat, and fourteen other types of trout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlackstock's Collections contains over 100 extraordinary examples of his splendidly original taxonomy, offering a unique look inside the mind of a man making sense of life through art. \u003cspan\u003eEach collection is lovingly captioned in Blackstock's unique hand with texts that reflect facts from his research as well as his passions and preferences. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eNoteworthy lists include: \u003c\/span\u003eMonsters of the Deep; \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eMajor Forestry Pests; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbrthe great=\"\" cabbage=\"\" family=\"\" br=\"\"\u003eThe Spatulas; \u003c\/brthe\u003e\u003cbrthe great=\"\" cabbage=\"\" family=\"\" br=\"\"\u003eThe World War II U.S. Bombers; \u003c\/brthe\u003e\u003cbrthe great=\"\" cabbage=\"\" family=\"\" br=\"\"\u003eThe Buoys; \u003c\/brthe\u003e\u003cbrthe great=\"\" cabbage=\"\" family=\"\" br=\"\"\u003eKing Sized Jails; \u003c\/brthe\u003e\u003cbrthe great=\"\" cabbage=\"\" family=\"\" br=\"\"\u003eMonsters of the Past; \u003c\/brthe\u003e\u003cbrthe great=\"\" cabbage=\"\" family=\"\" br=\"\"\u003eClassical Clowns; \u003c\/brthe\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eGreat Italian Roosters; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbrthe great=\"\" cabbage=\"\" family=\"\" br=\"\"\u003eOur State Lighthouses. \u003c\/brthe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisual collection and pattern-making is something we all do but rarely think to record. Mr. Blackstock's detailed collections are humorous, informative and inspiring. Check out the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.handeyesupply.life\/products\/blackstocks-collections-notepad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBlackstock's Collections Notebooks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e for a chance to put your Blackstock-inspired lists on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"specs_and_care\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"sizing-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.5\" x 9.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e144 pages, 140 color illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN 9781568985794\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":411962945,"sku":"9781568985794","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0050\/4252\/products\/089-a_0481.jpg?v=1410486074","url":"https:\/\/www.handeyesupply.life\/products\/blackstocks-collections","provider":"Hand-Eye Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}