List of origamists
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An origamist is a person who is associated with the art of origami
. Some notable origamists are:
Origami
is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form...
. Some notable origamists are:
- Didier Boursin
- Peter EngelPeter EngelPeter Engel is an American origami artist and theorist, science writer, graphic designer, and architect. He has written several books on Origami, including Origami from Angelfish to Zen, 10-Fold Origami: Fabulous Paperfolds You Can Make in Just 10 Steps!, and Origami Odyssey.-Education:Engel...
- influential origami artist and theorist - Tomoko FuseTomoko FuséTomoko Fuse is a Japanese origami writer and artist who has written many books on the subject of modular origami and is by many considered to be the master of unit origami and one of the pre-eminent living Japanese Origami Masters.She has designed many modular boxes and containers, kusudama, paper...
(布施 知子) - famous for boxes and unit origami - Robert HarbinRobert HarbinRobert Harbin was a British magician and writer. He is noted as the inventor of a number of classic illusions, including the Zig Zag Girl...
- popularised origami in Britain; also presented a series of short programmes entitled Origami, made by Thames TelevisionThames TelevisionThames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
for ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK... - Eric JoiselEric JoiselEric Joisel was a French origami artist who specialized in the wet-folding method, creating figurative art sculptures using sheets of paper and water, without the use of any adhesive or scissors....
- French wet-folder renowned for his life-like masks - Satoshi KamiyaSatoshi Kamiyais among the most advanced origami masters in the world. He began the art at age two, and began seriously designing more advanced models in 1995, and has since made hundreds of origami models. Perhaps his most famous design is Ryujin 3.5, an elaborate dragon covered with scales and having feelers,...
- One of the youngest geniuses of the origami field - Kunihiko KasaharaKunihiko Kasaharais a Japanese origami master. He has made hundreds of models, from simple lion masks to complex modular origami, such as a small stellated dodecahedron. He does not specialize in what is known as "super complex origami", but rather he likes making simple, elegant animals, and modular designs such...
- devised a standardized method for creating many modular polyhedra - Toshikazu KawasakiToshikazu Kawasakiis a Japanese paperfolder and origami theorist who is known for his geometrically innovative models. He is particularly famous for his series of fourfold symmetry "roses", all based on a twisting maneuver that allows the petals to seem to curl out from the center of the flower...
- Japanese mathematician famous for his Iso-area folding theory and his many geometric folds, including Kawasaki's "Rose" - Robert J. LangRobert J. LangDr. Robert J. Lang is an American physicist who is also one of the foremost origami artists and theorists in the world. He is known for his complex and elegant designs, most notably of insects and animals. He has long been a student of the mathematics of origami and of using computers to study the...
- Author of many Origami books including the new benchmark Origami Design Secrets - Marc KirschenbaumMarc KirschenbaumMarc Kirschenbaum is an American origami artist, designer, and board member of OrigamiUSA. He is known for creation of complex origami models, including various instrumentalists, insects, and erotic origami works, called pornigami.-Biography:...
- known for his instrumentalist designs - Ligia MontoyaLigia MontoyaLigia Montoya : Argentinian paper-folding artist, who played an important role in all aspects of the 'golden age' of the international origami movement from the 1950s, from which modern artistic origami--that is, innovative paper-folding exploring a variety of different approaches, rather than...
- Argentine paper-folder who played crucial role in establishing paper-folding as an international movement - John MontrollJohn MontrollJohn Montroll is an American master origami artist and prolific author, well-known by paper-folding enthusiasts throughout the world.-Biography:John Montroll was born in Washington, D.C...
- probably the most prolific Western artist and author of over 16 books on origami - Duy Nguyen- master artist who wrote a lot of origami books
- Samuel RandlettSamuel RandlettSamuel L Randlett is an origami artist who helped develop the modern system for diagramming origami folds. Together with Robert Harbin he developed the notation introduced by Akira Yoshizawa to form what is now called the Yoshizawa-Randlett system. This was first described in Samuel Randlett's Art...
- helped design and popularize the Yoshizawa-Randlett diagramming systemOrigami techniquesThe Yoshizawa-Randlett system is a diagramming system used to describe the folds of origami models. Many origami books begin with a description of basic origami techniques which are used to construct the models. There are also a number of standard bases which are commonly used as a first step in... - Nick RobinsonNick Robinson (origami)Nick Robinson is a British paperfolder best known for publishing books of paper aeroplanes. He was awarded the Sydney French medal in 2004 by the British Origami Society. He has written over thirty books of origami including Origami for Dummies. His origami designs are usually simple and elegant...
- origami artist and author of over a dozen books on origami - Leonor RosserLeonor RosserLeonor Rosser is a widely-watched television origami artist based in Florida, United States.Leonor Rosser began her television career as the featured performer on Mundo de Papel , an origami-based interstitial series that ran on Discovery Kids from 1997-2002. The program was broadcast over 8,000...
- Origami presenter for television - Jeremy ShaferJeremy ShaferJeremy Shafer is a professional entertainer and origamist. He has been folding origami since he was ten, and tends to create overly whimsical and ridiculous models, such as his "Man Swatter" and "BARF Bag". As an entertainer, his stunts include folding a burning origami bird, riding a flaming...
- California origamian entertainer who folds whimsical designs - Yuri Shumakov - origami artist and author of many Origami CDs and books, together with Katrin Shumakov they known for their magical paper kingdoms called Oriland
- Katrin Shumakov - origami artist and author of many Origami CDs and books, together with Yuri Shumakov they known for their magical paper kingdoms called Oriland
- Hojyo Takashi - An expert in the human figure and box pleating
- :Florence Temko - a pioneer in spreading origami in the United States, is the most prolific author on this subject. With 55 books to her credit on paperarts and folk crafts, she has been a strong influence on interesting beginners in the art of paperfolding.
- Nicolas Terry - French artist known for his unique, cartoonish style
- Miguel de UnamunoMiguel de UnamunoMiguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.-Biography:...
- Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher who devised many new models and popularized origami in Spain and South America in the early twentieth century. - Makoto YamaguchiMakoto YamaguchiMakoto Yamaguchi has taken an active part in origami as a professional creator after working with the Nippon Origami Association. In 1989, he opened "Gallery Origami House", a venue to showcase the works of origami creators...
- Issei Yoshino - famed for his multimodular TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
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skeletons - Akira YoshizawaAkira YoshizawaAkira Yoshizawa was considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is credited with raising origami from a craft to a living art...
- reinvented modern origami. Created the modern repertoire of folding symbolsOrigami techniquesThe Yoshizawa-Randlett system is a diagramming system used to describe the folds of origami models. Many origami books begin with a description of basic origami techniques which are used to construct the models. There are also a number of standard bases which are commonly used as a first step in...