OUSA Convention 2024 – Celebrating Friendship and Creativity

OrigamiUSA Convention 2024

The Origami USA annual convention is for people of all ages and levels of experience. This year’s event was held at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in Manhattan and was as inspiring as any other convention I’ve attended. The video covers these three days of fun and origami education.. CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS TWO SPECIAL … Read more

Origami Convention in New York City, 2013

If you ever have the opportunity to attend an origami convention, don’t miss that opportunity! I’m just back from another mega origami convention in New York City  (June 21-25, 2013).  And as always, it was delicious fun, fun, fun!! It is a delight for me to learn, to meet all those wonderful friends who love the … Read more

Twenty Four Memories From a Great Origami Convention

To celebrate the beginning of World Origami Days on this date, October 24th, I post twenty four memories and highlights from the First Origami Convention held in Rosario, Argentina and of my first visit ever to Buenos Aires and Rosario. Laura Azcoaga, a great expert on modular origami, met me at Ezeiza International Airport on … Read more

PROMPTS: 28 ideas to fold and share – February 2023

Graphic List of English-Spanish Text prompts

Please join us any time during February 2023 as we explore this month’s folding themes. During the month of February, I will be visiting my native Colombia so I celebrate, with you, my Spanish heritage by paying homage to the letter Ñ ñ. All the words suggested as prompts in February are ones whose equivalent … Read more

How to Have Fun Making an Oversize Origami Shirt

I believe that having fun is one of the secrets to a happy life. The annual Origami USA convention in New York City, held this year at St. John’s University, is always a fun and happy highlight of my year. This event is up to four days of entertainment, intellectual challenge, and an opportunity to share ideas and create … Read more

Origami – Changing Lives for the Better

Please reflect for a minute on this question: How has origami contributed to your life? How would you answer it? In the video shown here, I interview Sara Adams (Germany) at the 2015 OrigamiUSA convention, in New York City. During our conversation I asked Sara this very question. She responded eloquently and also answered other questions regarding her … Read more