One piece of monthly content offered in the OrigamiSpirit Membership is an interview with someone we think is quite special as an origami creator, designer, and artist. Yossi Nir is such a person and he joined us to share his unique talents as a part of this interview series for creators.
During our hour-long conversation, Yossi shared his creative process when designing his playful models like the Origami Flawless Ball, and writing his books. Yossi’s joyous personality and playful creative spirit are contagious and a remarkable inspiration to everyone.
A recording of our conversation with Yossi Nir is available on the Origami Spirit Membership website.
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Yossi Nir is a retired Electrical Engineer, an origami teacher, and a creator. His expertise and love for origami shine through his work, inspiring many to embark on their own paper-folding adventures.
Yossi Nir approaches teaching origami to beginners emphasizing the importance of understanding origami’s fundamental folds and bases, the building blocks for more intricate and complex models. By developing a solid foundation in fundamentals, Yossi believes beginners will make progress, become more confident, and better enjoy the creative process.
In 2021, Yossi created his first model, a cube made from one square of paper, and now one of about 140 models to his credit.
Yossi’s work has been featured in a few origami magazines including ‘The Paper‘ published by the British Origami Society (BOS), ‘The Fold’ published by Origami USA, and ‘Der Falter’ published by The German Origami Society. His models have been included in convention books published by: Origami USA (2022, 2023, 2024); PCOC (2023), and The German Origami Society (2024).
In 2022 and 2023 Yossi was awarded recognition in The Korea Global Creative Paper Folding Contest.
Published Origami Books
Yossi has published several instructional origami books.
- Origami, a Love Story*
- Origami and Satisfaction*
- Geometric Origami*
- The Fabulous Origami Unit*
- Selected Collection of Origami*
- 2023 Origami Collection*
*Affiliate links to Amazon
Yossi Nir is featured in the Community for Creators WEBSITE
I want to give a quote from Michelangelo. He said “Every block of stone has a statue inside. It is the task of the sculptor to discover it”.
Another quote is from Albert Einstein. He said: “Logic will get you from A to B; imagination will take you everywhere.”
So I took these two quotes and said: Every piece of paper can be transformed into an origami model and it is the task of the folder to discover it with logic and imagination.”Yossi Nir
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