{"id":5604,"date":"2022-06-12T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T06:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2022-06-10T10:37:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:37:46","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-798-featuring-red-nose-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5604","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #798: Featuring Red Nose Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIf anyone is going to add to the large stack of picture books about construction equipment, I’m glad it’s Red Nose Studio<\/a><\/strong>. Chris Sickels is the artist behind it all (here’s<\/a><\/strong> my 2013 interview with him). He creates sculptural and 3D illustrations, and for Build!<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Anne Schwartz Books, May 2022), he created “hand-built sculptures made from scraps of wood and found objects, mixed in with some wire, clay, paint, fabric, and a shovel full of imagination.” <\/p>\n

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For any child fascinated with construction equipment (and this 2019 piece<\/a><\/strong> points out that it’s more complex than you might think), Build!<\/em> will enthrall and intrique them. They’re not just seeing images of heavy machinery at work; they are also seeing this machinery in its physical form, albeit tiny, and photographed. This 3D dimension will hook them \u2014 and could even inspire them to create their own<\/em> machinery with their own art supplies. <\/p>\n

In the book, we see tight, close-up images of the machines at work. Each spread features an action verb in large, black font: Dig<\/em>. Load<\/em>. Haul<\/em>. Raise<\/em>. And more. When we get to the titular Build!<\/em> spread, we are in for a surprise. We see a child standing next to a tower he’s built. The child has been manipulating the pieces of equipment, which are toy-like, to build a construction of blocks of all shapes and sizes. When the child leans in to remove one small piece, the page-turn shows pieces falling around him, his eyes closed and shoulders hunched. But the last spread says: Again.<\/em> He will not be deterred and starts building anew. <\/p>\n

Give yourself ample time to take this one in, and definitely do the same for any children with whom you share it. I find that I linger long over the hand-built objects in Sickels’s spreads. His smartly constructed spreads were beautifully photographed to capture the details, textures, paint strokes, shadows, and wonder of it all. Bonus: You can remove the dustjacket for a poster that names and briefly defines each piece of equipment (payloader, articulated grapple skidder, crawler crane, forklift, and more). <\/p>\n

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\nBUILD! Copyright \u00a9 2022 by Red Nose Studio. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Anne Schwartz Books, New York.<\/em> <\/p>\n

* * * Jules’s Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry to keep it short this week, but it’s for a good reason: We are celebrating the high school graduation this weekend of my daughter and one of her best friends (whom she’s known since she was a baby). So I have a gathering to get ready for, complete with sheet cake. And what a wonder is cake. My kicks, one to seven, are that I’ll get to gather with friends to celebrate these two. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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