People who create with paper and/ or teach origami
When we train ourselves to be creative with origami, we are also preparing ourselves to be creative in all other endeavors. Creativity doesn’t always have to produce whiz-bang-dazzling results. Thinking creatively can be a life practice as we go about our every-day routine. One way of being creative with origami is looking for ways to modify … Read more
Looking for joyful origami-inspired images to brighten up a corner of your home or decorate a child’s room? How about a cheerful gift for a dear friend, or family member? To help with this we are offering a collection of origami-inspired fine art prints created by Leyla Torres. Each picture is one of a limited … Read more
Santa Claus, the beloved character for children at Christmas and for origami creators! I’ve featured a few Origami Santas in Origami Spirit before. As I was playing with David Brill’s star box, presented on the previous post, it occurred to me to transform his star box into this Star Santa simply by adding a beard. Some … Read more
This star box, like many other origami boxes, is full of possibility: First we have fun making the box… Then we admire it for a while… And wonder what to place in it. Our spirit fills with joy thinking of the person who we’ll give it too… And when offering the box as a gift, … Read more
There are many ways to be creative with origami as we can, for example… Sometimes our creativity can be sparked simply by looking at photographs of the natural world and inspiration can be found in the most surprising places. For example… I was browsing the Internet one day when my eye was taken by the … Read more
This is an origami bat with great battitude and batsonality! It flutters into our spooky space to join a growing group of origami models for Halloween previously featured in Origami Spirit. Jennifer Linderman –artist, teacher and a wonderfully creative friend of mine, is the designer of this bat. Folding it makes me wish to be a … Read more