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The playful and spooky puppets of Paul Klee

Popkin
Feb 09, 2025
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The Ghost of a Scarecrow, Electrical Spook, and Mr Death are the names of these three fantastic puppets by artist Paul Klee. Klee made these beauties for his son somewhere between 1921-1925. I love Klee's playful drawings, and these puppets feel like they crawled out of his drawings and into the world of 3D.

The simple yet totally unique design of these …

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