Hernán Lira
Hernán Lira began making toys and puppetsat the age of 16. He is inspired by his own experiences and the culture, poetry, and music of his homeland, as well as by the artists and craftspeople he’s met in his travels around the world. To spread toy making and puppet making in his native country of Argentina, he has developed workshops for children and designed and built thematic series of automata. The series “Juguetes con Oficio” (Toys with a Trade) is an homage to the culture of work and represents the variety of trades that have been around him since childhood.
Hernán Lira comenzó haciendo juguetes y títeres a los 16 años. Como influencias artísticas, Hernán se nutre de sus vivencias, la cultura, la poesia y la musica de su tierra, tanto como de los artistas y artesanos que ha conocido en sus viajes por el mundo. Para promover el oficio
de crear títeres y juguetes en su pais natal de Argentina, ha desarollado talleres con niños y series tematicas de automatas. Juguetes con Oficio es un homenaje a la cultura del trabajo y una muestra de diferentes oficios que lo acompañan desde su infancia.
