Transcendent (and Ultra Painterly) Froebel Kindergarten Folded Paper Composition jointed bear The person I purchased these

The person I purchased these from in Maine thought they were for walking on ice

located inside the Allegany Indian Reservation

Just gorgeous from top to bottom and every side

terminating in a blow hole at one end

Transcendent (and Ultra Painterly) Froebel Kindergarten Folded Paper Composition jointed bear The person I purchased theseYou know I love my antique Froebel kindergarten folded and woven paper exercises, usually the finer the better, but for me this one transcends those origins to read, and satisfy, like a sophisticated abstract painting. In part due to the chance unfolding of a few of those purple corners long ago, and also due to the slightly off kilter arrangement of those square (and torn edges of the backing paper too) it makes me think of the work of Hlio Oiticica