Transcendent (and Ultra Painterly) Froebel Kindergarten Folded Paper Composition wall vase 7" long x 2 3/8"

7" long x 2 3/8" in diameter

from the manner of the carving

It is unsigned and the artist not known

Just a charming little folk art snowy owl

the way this face is carved into the burl

Transcendent (and Ultra Painterly) Froebel Kindergarten Folded Paper Composition wall vase 7" long x 2 3/8"You 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