"An old copy of a handwork book for children lies at the heart of Hila Laviv’s exhibition. Originally titled in Swedish “What Should We Do Today?” (“Vad Ska Vi Göra?”) the book was translated into English under the title “My Rainy-Day Book.” This book was written by Hila Laviv’s great grandmother, Anna Warburg, in collaboration with the illustrator Elsa Beskow. First published in Sweden in 1917, the book was translated and printed in several editions in different countries across the globe, and held a profound interest in a material/educational foundation, both aspects of which are touchingly relevant to the identity and contexts of transmitting knowledge, cultivating the skills of making objects that shift between the practical-functional and the decorative..."

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Alison Roberts, TELAVIVIAN online magazine

Hagit Peleg Roten, Portfolio online magazine

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