Joan in Oberweißbach

[Nick]

Here's an article about Joan's work in Oberweißbach

[Michel G]

For those who don't understand German langage, the begining of the article says (according to automatic translation and copy/paste the text from http://www.genios.de/presse-archiv/arti ... STADT.html) :

"Faltmeister an international reputation as a zero-euro jobbers

Joan Sallas is folding artist, teacher and researchers of world renown. 2014 were works by him at the Heidecksburg in Rudolstadt admire. Now in Oberweißbach a project with the Catalans started.

By Michael Graf

Oberweißbach. Anyone who wants to get an idea of what the 52-year-old so everything conjures up about from paper or cloth napkins, should look on the video platform YouTube by Joan Sallas. While watching the movies then you can not stop marveling. However, in Oberweißbach the artist engaged researchers as folding. Cooperation project with Oberweißbach from the fundus of the Froebel house date employment albums aspiring Kindergarten teachers in the second half of the 19th century..."

[Michel G]

Adding notes :

The city of Oberbweissbach hold one Froebel's museum (they are two in Germany !)
http://www.friedrich-froebel-online.de/ ... weissbach/

The second Froebel's museum is held in Bad Blankenburg
http://www.friedrich-froebel-online.de/ ... ankenburg/

[Tamsyn Francoise]

Thanks , Michel for the links and translation.
Merci beaucoup
I am myself very interested in Fröbel educational philosophy and the beautiful patterns folds (Froebel´s Basic Forms) .not to forget to mention Joan Sallas´s amazing works.
I hope to hear more about Joan Sallas´s book.
Tamsyn Francoise.