SOLD 1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set Two, 4 Drawings carved eagle unlike any other I've seen

unlike any other I've seen

which makes it feel all the more romantic

with thinner wire woven between them like in a very lyrical sort of way

justifiably forlorn expression on the face of its protagonist as he rests on the barrel of his rifle

SOLD 1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set Two, 4 Drawings carved eagle unlike any other I've seenAs 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, others make by punching points through a gridded template, as here. And, looking at these, it should not seem too surprising that Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian were both products of early kindergarten.