Japanese Paper Art

This was bought at the Nuremburg Toy Fair in 2004. It is made by a Japanese artist called Masae Nagao, who 'likes to make things that make people happy'.

She calls it the Pe-Pet. At the time it cost US$283.

There is a central thread that holds the whole toy together. This has broken once, and needed repair, but now the Pe-Pet is as good as new!