1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings Clark University Oh how I love this

Oh how I love this little clay elephant

is woven around what I believe is orange painted glass

quietly smiling

These signs appear to be silkscreens (the red and blue are super lush and vivid) printed on a nice weight cream board

Approx 5" t x 5 1/2" widest d

1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings Clark University Oh how I love thisAs I've learned more about kindergarten inventor Friedrich Froebel and the series of "Gifts" he created to give form and structure to discovery based learning, I now know that these yarn drawings were product of Gift #12, some made on pre punched cards, as here, others make by punching points through a gridded template. Looking at these, it should not seem too surprising that Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian were both products of early kindergarten. I