Carrie Ellen Mohn
“Song for the Maker” is an alliterated alphabet of Psalm 148, illustrated with creatures singing in awe of each other and their Maker who vows to preserve them. This book is both for children and adults, with curious words and vividly colorful pictures. Its spirit offers a unique place of mind for all. The cover image was painted from a photo of the nebula Orion taken by the Hubble Space Telescope Team. The Psalm was paraphrased using these three Bible translations: ‘The New International Standard Version of the Holy Bible’, ‘The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures’, and ‘The Hebrew Interlinear Bible’ by the Scripture4All Foundation of the Netherlands. Also valuable was ‘Strong's Exhaustive Concordance’ in ‘The Word Bible Software’ created by Costas Stergiou of Greece. The alliteration was aided greatly by two rich resources of words: ‘Visuwords’, designed by Paul Dunn of Calgary, Alberta, and ‘The Phonistry’ by Steve Chrisomalis of Detroit, Michigan. The beautiful font ‘Fifteen 36’ was created by Graham Blakelock of York, England, who was inspired by 16th century Roman book texts. There is a forward by the author and an appendix of design motifs or visual devices, valued by art enthusiasts. The list can be used to identify design motifs used in the illustrations in this book. The author says in the forward, 'The book is intended for both children and adults. I hope this ambiguity will not diminish its spirit.'
