• Exhibitions
• 2007
• Exhibition: Innovators 4
• PLAY Narinda Cook
• BECOS WE'RE WORF IT! Motel Sisters
• TEXTile Mandy Gunn
• REPETITION 2 Nicole Byrne

INNOVATORS 4 EXHIBITIONS

16 November - 16 December 2007

Narinda COOK
Play
2007

"Well, what about sitting down and having our tea? I'm afraid you'll have to stand, Wobbly man, but you won't mind that will you?"
"Not a bit - I can easily wobble round the table and help myself," said the Wobbly Man, and he reached out to take a large piece of cake.
"He wobbles and gobbles, He sways to and fro,"
began Noddy, but Big Ears frowned at him.

Storytelling and play can stimulate imagination and creative thinking. A toy can ignite play in children and adults alike, reminding us that play is integral to the formation and ongoing creative and intellectual thinking

"The less archetypal a toy is, the more possibilities it leaves for a child's imagination." Rahima Baldwin Dancy refers to a story by Paul Gallico called Love of The Seven Dolls. " ...and monsieur Nicholas gave her an oddly turned piece of wood that was not one but many shapes. 'For your first born,' he said. 'It is a toy I have made for him that is not any, yet still all toys, for in his imagination, when he plays with it, it will be whatever he sees in it, or wishes it to be.'"

I would like to thank Staedtler and Ederhard Faber for the generous support for the Fimo contribution. I would also like to extend my appreciation to Phoenix and Mischa for their expertise, Paul Irving for technical assistance, Minna Graham for sitting on the kids, Dylan, Natalie deVos and family, Jane Dimsey and family, Paulie, Wai-Zhe, Charlie and Leonie and Massey, for all helping it happen.

Installation Photos