When the text meets the illustrator, we start with the best premise because fun and enthusiasm are guaranteed. It is easy to investigate and a pleasure to create.

Created with Thodoris Georgakopoulos, this album tells a story starring characters that are cities and towns communicating through the wind and finds the right metaphor to get readers to think about growth, ageing, contradictions and the ambiguity between time, perception and existence.  

In Little Papingo, using a restrained colour palette and a wide range of textures and materials, I materialised cities, towns, mountains and forests. I imagined moments in which I could privilege the manifestations of the wind as a way of representing it.




2025

Το Μικρό Πάπιγκο
Little Papingo


Published by
Kastaniotis

Text by
Thodoris Georgakopoulos

City
Athens



Awards 
2026 Finalist
Bologna Chindren’s Book Fair
Illustrators Exhibition

You can order the book here.


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