Interpretations of Wind in the Willows

 

Above: water rat in a life belt by Wren.

I have the honour of teaching a group of 6-11 year old children on Thursday evenings and I set them three of the Wind in the willows challenges, only one of them had heard of it, and none knew or had seen its main protagonists, which made me sad, and on mentioning basic wild flowers, trees etc, the knowledge was not there. It takes very little time for knowledge to disappear, Having witnessed it I would say two generations combined with a decimated art, crafts and nature curriculum and the swift removal of many of the older teachers. 

Above and below: Joey

Bold and Noble

Two Screen prints from Bold and Noble at etsy (the robot has been a favourite of mine for a while). http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6525066

Dreams of Flying by Jan Van Holleben

Above: The Pirates

above: The Jumpers

above: Ghost Busters

Photographer Jan Van Holleben in his series; 'Dreams of flying' takes pictures of neighbourhood kids enacting dreams and imaginings, being super hero's or having flights of fancy. His work reminds me of that of Yeondoo Jung which I have already shown you but it has a different origin. I have done some of this type of aerial photography work and it is great fun.http://www.janvonholleben.com/dof_extra.html

Food Face

Food face plates, wonderful, this site at perpetual kid, also has; dinosaur ice trays, Lego style cutlery and aeroplane feeding forks. What more could you want?

http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=132