Made to Play!: Handmade Toys and Crafts for Growing Imaginations
by Henriques, Joel
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 159030912X
- ISBN 13
- 9781590309124
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Synopsis
Joel Henriques is fascinated by color, shape, and craftsmanship. He was drawn to painting as a child, inspired by his grandmother, a painter herself. She spent hours showing Joel the paintings of Matisse, Picasso, Miró, and many others. Through these and her own paintings, she taught him ideas about color and design and eventually coached him on his earliest paintings. These childhood experiences lead him to pursue a B.A. in Fine Art and Philosophy. Becoming a parent was, for Joel, another way of looking at art in the world. As a young child himself, he made many of his own toys. As a father, he began making toys for his young twins. He began to see that a beautiful, minimal, well-crafted object allowed his children to use and develop their own imaginations, rather than having an object tell them how they must play with it. Moved by his children's interaction with art, Joel began documenting these crafts on his blog, Made By Joel. Creating art for children, and for the child in everyone, is a powerful thing. Joel lives with his wife and three-year-old twins in Portland, Oregon. See more of his crafts at www.madebyjoel.com, and see more of his art at www.joelhenriques.com.
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- Title
- Made to Play!: Handmade Toys and Crafts for Growing Imaginations
- Author
- Henriques, Joel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used: Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 159030912X
- ISBN 13
- 9781590309124
- Publisher
- Roost Books
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Ma, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2011-10-11
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