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Conception and guidelines |
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"Good wooden toys should not be a disposable product!!"
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Norbert Verneuer |
My philosophie of a good wooden toy
Many toys of our age generate a stimulus satiation with intensiv colours, noise intensity or preassigned play sequence. At first the child shows a positiv reaction to those stimulations, but often you can't notice a phase of intensiv and fanciful play. The play with those toys is cursorily and the toy soon becomes stale for the child.
A good arranged toy from natural material should give an impluse for a creative and fanciful play. Three phases of playing should be gettable:
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Uptaking the toy with its's shape, colour, surface, function etc.
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Reenactment of situations from the surroundings of the child.
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Self arranged playing scenes (role-playing).
Under this premise a good created and maufactured wooden toy can be a companion for a long time and the contact between the child and the nature is realised.
Our guidelines
With the foundation of my handicraft buisiness in 1988 I layed down some guidelines for the manufacturing of our wooden toys
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The shape forming of our wooden toys will be deduced from the nature. Round and rolling shapes of toys stimulate the creative thinking more than straight cutted and square-edged forms.
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The treatment of surface will be compounded of natural oil with resin, wax and natural colours. The surface keeps the natural structur of the wood and the children can feel it with their hands.
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The safeness of our toys requires a careful planing and a faithfull workmenship. All our toys fulfil the European Standard - EN 71- Security of toys.
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