Una vita fatta a mano

To be creative, all it takes-is hands!
Sculptor Ruth Asawa guides us into the enchanted realms of imagination to make every leaf and stone a small work of art.

The book tells the story of American sculptor Ruth Asawa (1926-2013), from her childhood in a farming family, in close contact with animals and nature, to her education at Black Mountain College, under the tutelage of avant-garde artists and thinkers such as Anni and Josef Albers, Buckminster Fuller, Merce Cunningham and Robert Rauschenberg, then showing us her famous wire sculptures that represent the highest achievements of her career.

Ruth Asawa has tirelessly and passionately advocated an education of young people through art, and this book, richly illustrated with a poetic and enchanting stroke by artist Andrea D’Aquino, engages young readers, making them participants in the protagonist’s human and artistic adventure. The book is enriched with a final page of teaching tools that parents and educators can use to make creative activities happen.

TEXTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Andrea D’Aquino – New York-based American artist, illustrator and graphic designer, author of several illustrated publications for children, including the successful retelling of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.