SLAP HAPPY LARRY

Origami and Paper Craft in Art and Illustration

In The Middle Of The Night by Laura Purdie Salas and Angela Matteson paper dart
In The Middle Of The Night by Laura Purdie Salas and Angela Matteson paper dart
Flying Lessons and Other Stories
Flying Lessons and Other Stories
1951. I suspect she has other things on her mind, dude.
Origami Aesop’s Fables 1968
Paper Planes by Minorubun Kobayashi and Akiko Hayashi
Paper Boats by Aleksin Anatoly Georgievich illustrated by Lemkul Fedor Viktorovich 1961
Paper Boats by Aleksin Anatoly Georgievich illustrated by Lemkul Fedor Viktorovich 1961
Paulina Garwatowska - The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
Paulina Garwatowska – The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen Illustrated by PJ Lynch
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen Illustrated by PJ Lynch
Anastasia-Arkhipova-The-Steadfast-Tin-Soldier-paper-boat
Anastasia-Arkhipova-The-Steadfast-Tin-Soldier-paper-boat

An office at night is reimagined as a fantastical kingdom of paper complete with friendly dragons in this own voices picture book.

When the babysitter is unable to come, Daniel is woken out of bed and joins his parents as they head downtown for their jobs as nighttime office cleaners. But the story is about more than brooms, mops, and vacuums. Mama and Papa turn the deserted office building into a magnificent kingdom filled with paper. Then they weave a fantasy of dragons and kings to further engage their reluctant companion–and even encourage him to one day be the king of a paper kingdom.

The Paper Kingdom expresses the joy and spirit of a loving family who turn a routine and ordinary experience into something much grander. Magical art by Pascal Campion shows both the real world and the fantasy through the eyes of the young narrator.

Pierre Probst (1913-2007) introduced Caroline And Her Friends to the French public in 1952
Pierre Probst (1913-2007) introduced Caroline And Her Friends to the French public in 1952
By German artist Carl von Bergen (1853-1933) Painting called Children making Silhouettes or possibly Two Girls playing with a Paper Garland (dated 1905)

The white silhouettes below have a ghostlike quality to me. Find more examples from this particular form of paper play at Art Publika.

Pastime for little fingers. The boys' play-ground c1881 playground cut out paper dolls
Pastime for little fingers. The boys’ play-ground c1881 playground cut out paper dolls
Pastime for little fingers. The girls’ play-ground c1881 playground cut out paper dolls
Punch out the holes. Your friends will laugh
Punch out the holes. Your friends will laugh
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN Dec 1954
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN Dec 1954
April 1957 – Betsy McCall Paper Doll

Header illustration was made with Midjourney AI art generator using the prompt: knolling, origami animals, oil painting

CONTEMPORARY FICTION SET IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (2023)

On paper, things look fine. Sam Dennon recently inherited significant wealth from his uncle. As a respected architect, Sam spends his days thinking about the family needs and rich lives of his clients. But privately? Even his enduring love of amateur astronomy is on the wane. Sam has built a sustainable-architecture display home for himself but hasn’t yet moved into it, preferring to sleep in his cocoon of a campervan. Although they never announced it publicly, Sam’s wife and business partner ended their marriage years ago due to lack of intimacy, leaving Sam with the sense he is irreparably broken.

Now his beloved uncle has died. An intensifying fear manifests as health anxiety, with night terrors from a half-remembered early childhood event. To assuage the loneliness, Sam embarks on a Personal Happiness Project:

1. Get a pet dog

2. Find a friend. Just one. Not too intense.

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