Origami artist and Cooper Union engineering student Uyen Nguyen (pronounced Win-Win) is curating an origami exhibition featuring over 120 works by 80 renowned artists from 5 continents. To cover costs such as transporting and insuring the works, Uyen created an indiegogo campaign. As a thank you to donors, Uyen is folding original origami pieces with LED lights, among other gifts. I donated $30 for a full-color catalog of the artwork. Check out all of the perks up for grab at tinyurl.com/origamishow The exhibition will be free and open to the public from June 19 – July 4, 2014.
The WWF needs your help to fold origami birds for their #OrigamiMigration to help save migratory birds. Here are the details plus some great origami birds.
We take a look at the history of origami and 11 contemporary origami artists, from Robert J. Lang to Sipho Mabona, who are masters of paper folding.
In our impression, there’s only one form of paper cranes. However, an origami artist made a different paper crane every day for 1,000 days! His works are so exquisite and diverse that you may not even realize that they’re paper… Continue Reading Cristian Marianciuc Made a Paper Crane Every Day for 1,000 Days
Kota Hiratsuka is a paper artist living in Japan that takes the art of paper folding or origami to new heights! With shadows and light in mind, he creates
This art installation called "Pursuit of Happiness" was created by Sipho Mabona. Dozens of pastel origami swallows were suspended to give the effect of a flock of birds in flight.Want to fold your own swallows? The crease pattern is located here and a three part instructional video is located here. Other origami by Sipho Mabona: Trilobite Origami Koi Origami
Often one associates origami with sharp and precise folds, miniature works that have a crisp perfection. Origami artist Hoang Tien Quyet shies away from this rigidity, instead folding his small objects with a technique called “wet-folding,” which allows curves to be created instead of the typical straight lines. With this technique Vietnam-based Quyet creates posed animals bounding with personality, their heads tilted and wings ready for flight. The technique of wet folding was created by the late origami master Akira Yoshizawa, and involves dampening the paper so it easily accepts folds. More
Often one associates origami with sharp and precise folds, miniature works that have a crisp perfection. Origami artist Hoang Tien Quyet shies away from this rigidity, instead folding his small objects with a technique called “wet-folding,” which allows curves to be created instead of the typical straight lines. With this technique Vietnam-based Quyet creates posed animals bounding with personality, their heads tilted and wings ready for flight. The technique of wet folding was created by the late origami master Akira Yoshizawa, and involves dampening the paper so it easily accepts folds. More
Le créatif brésilien Jo Nakashima réalise d'incroyables créations en origami qu'il partage au public dans des tutoriels ludiques.
Origami is the art of paper folding and it's being enjoyed by millions of people all over the world. The wonder of being able to turn a piece of paper into a complex, life-like design is an amazing experience for many people. It's a craft that can be enjoyed by a person of any age and all you need is a piece of paper to get started.In this post we have some amazing origami arts created by expert origami artist. Enjoy!!
Vietnamese paper artist Nguyen Hung Cuong simply unveiled this new origami work titled "Fly High, Dreamers! " which incorporates four following objects--hands holding a crane with a rider also holding a ladder that is smaller--each connected to the other, all from a single uncut sheet of paper. "I made this work to show my deep gratitude...
Decorative cranes by paper artist Cristian Marianciuc
The WWF needs your help to fold origami birds for their #OrigamiMigration to help save migratory birds. Here are the details plus some great origami birds.
I am always on the hunt for new origami patterns. I follow (stalk!) the amazing works of origami artists like Tadashi Mori, Jo Nakashima and Kade Chan and the unbelievable creations that they creat…
Most of us are probably familiar with the geometric type of origami, however, only a few know that origami can also be produced with curved paper forms using a difficult technique known as “wet-folding”.
It's a stressful time, but as the saying goes, this too shall pass. Lucky us, we're paper enthusiasts so our interest provides a wel...
