He attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and majored in Art and Philosophy. He worked as an artist after graduating, married Mia Galison, President of eeBoo Corp, and had three children, Eyck, Elodie, and Finn. Soon after their last children were born, Saxton Freymann partnered with Joost Elffers to write Play With Your Food, which was published by Elffers.
Saxton Freymann is a New York artist who creates emotional animals completely out of produce. His art career began in painting, until 1997 when he paired up with publisher Joost Elfers. Freymann supplied Joost's need for someone who could carve food beyond the rose radish table garnish . Freymann tried carving animals and discovered his new talent. By using an exacto knife, he turns bananas into octopi, a pear into a bear, or oranges expressing a variety of moods. He uses peppercorns or black-eyed peas for eyes, and beet juice or kernal corn for teeth. His inspiration comes from the produce aisle. He claims each vegetable or fruit already has its own personality.
Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers have wowed readers with the funny food faces of HOW ARE YOU PEELING?, the underwater vegetable visions of ONE LONELY SEA HORSE, and the darling petite produce of BABY FOOD. Now with DOG FOOD, the duo turns its talents to the canine realm. These pepper pooches and mango mutts are guaranteed to charm dog owners, dog lovers, and even -- dare we say it? -- cat fans. And the new board book size is just right for even the smallest pups to hold. Chow down!
Fans of the team behind How Are You Peeling? (about which PW wrote, Photos of scowling oranges and gregarious scallions garnish this garden of delights ) will welcome the board book editions of Dog Food and Baby Food by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers. Ingeniously carved peppers, potatoes and pears contrast good dog with bad dog and top dog with underdog, while wide-eyed sculpted sweet potatoes and scallions emerge as baby alligators and armadillo pups. A pair to prize. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
