Mole in a Black and White Hole by Tereza Sediva
Mole’s good friend the pink chandelier, only colour in his underground world (apart from worms, of whom he seems a little scared) suddenly vanishes, leaving a hole to the sky and a world of colour. What might be a simple dark to light, monochrome to rainbow journey, is more subtle and more playful. I like that the Moon has a moustache and the Sun is shy.
The Czech author is a printmaker and toymaker and here she has played with collaged scans of linocuts and textures and cutouts to create a gentle exuberance that honours a child’s fears as well as its delights.
