Loose Parts

Piezas sueltas. El juego infinito de crear

Priscila Vela & Mercedes Herrán

Litera | october 2022 | 304 pages | 24 x 17 cm | softcover

Loose parts are materials for unstructured play. Materials, things, objects, utensils, tools, ingredients... and much, much more. The loose parts, without being NOTHING, can be EVERYTHING. The only limit is the imagination of the person using them.

In this comprehensive book you will find everything you need to know about loose parts: how to look for them, how to build a collection, how to integrate them into each stage of the creative process, how to play with them... Everything.


PRISCILA VELA (Spain) is a a multidisciplinary artist who sees her craft as an infinite and artisanal game of creating realities, with the ultimate goal of flooding the world with beauty. In her workshops, Priscilla plays at creating ecosystems, materials, energies and holistic play experiences for children to inhabit.

MERCEDES HERRÁN (Spain) is a multidisciplinary artist who explores light, color and matter in all their dimensions. With more than 20 years of experience in photography and creative direction, her pillars are nature, beauty, education, art and creativity.

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  • A limitless guide to creativity — discover how loose parts can turn nothing into everything through the power of imagination!