Making matters: in search of creative wonders

Abstract

"As children, we made things: snowmen, paper boats, eccentrically costumed plays. That making fired our minds and imaginations - it altered our small worlds and shaped who we became. But as adults, it is hard to find to find the space for creativity and to remember its power. Exploring craft traditions and forms of making from across centuries and cultures, Clare Hunter encourages to engage with the world afresh. To use our hands again, to see beauty in unexpected places, to play and protest and embrace imaginative possibilities. From paper crafts to wonders made from light and snow, she searches for creative delight - making lanterns, puppets and pinhole cameras." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Paper boats -- Paper-cuts and pop-ups -- Paper threatres -- Snow and sand -- Bubbles, blow books and kites -- Dressing up -- Puppets -- Pinholes and peepshows -- Lanterns.