2017
What toys did our producers used to play with?
Sylvia Derňárová, Diana Némethová
Not so long ago, children used to play mainly with objects they could find in Nature such as cones, twigs, pieces of wood, little stones, clay and so on. Such games supported and further developed their fantasy, inspired them to create their own stories and enjoy themselves. The role of resources readily available in Nature was to serve immediately, in the form of toys. Once the game was over, the child could easily dispose of his or her “toy”. Toys per se were rare and valuable, even if simple and made by relatives. This was confirmed in our poll to find out what toys our producers used to play with and what their favourite games used to be.
Further articles in the magazine Craft, Art, Design 03/2017:
- Toys through the passage of time
- How the law perceives it
- Alena Hlucháňová: When making animal figurines becomes your hobby
- From the collections of the Museum of Puppet Cultures and Toys
- Bohuslav Šippich and Kyjatice toy
- Kyjatice phenomena
- Research into wooden toys
- Sixty tremendous years of šúpolienky (cornhusk dolls)
- Jaroslav Švihra: Accompanied by wood from early childhood
- Preservation research into dolls wearing folk costumes
- Wooden cubes or plastic jigsaws?
- What toys did our producers used to play with?
- Clay treasures from Heřman Landsfeld collection
- Toy as a souvenir
- Shifting boundaries of reality
- When game connects all players
- As Infinity came into being
- A family affair
- Slovak folk embroidery, edition Inspirations