Next Event: To be announced
Interviews with origami creators, teachers and enthusiasts.
The Many Facets of Origami On Wednesday, January 23, 2023, the OrigamiSpirit Membership will host an interview with Jannie Van Schuylenberg. Jannie van Schuylenburg is a paper folder, teacher, and creator, from the Netherlands. Of all her creative interests, origami is Jannie’s first love. Jannie started folding with an aunt when she was 6 years … Read more
Joel Stern has been one of our featured guests on Origamigos, the Origami Spirit Membership. Joel is a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and has enjoyed origami since his childhood. He has authored numerous books on origami and pop-ups, including In a Spooky Haunted House, Simon & Schuster, 2020; My First Origami Animals Kit, Tuttle, 2020; … Read more
Guy Binyamin (Israel) is an origami artist and engineer. Sensitive to the importance of light and color, Guy folds exquisite animals and creatures and presents his models in beautifully creative compositions that tell compelling tales. Guy shared some of his secrets for creating unique origami storytelling magic in a one-hour conversation with members of Origamigos, … Read more
Goran Konjevod is a professional mathematician and theoretical computer scientist. He studied mathematics in his native Croatia at the University of Zagreb (B.S. 1995) and Carnegie Mellon University (M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2000). Goran worked as a professor of computer science at Arizona State University from 2000 until 2010. Since 2010, he has worked at the … Read more
Have you ever wondered how creators begin designing their own origami models? Origami offers many ways to be creative. These include interpreting and folding someone else’s figure, finding different ways to showcase our figures, or teaching origami in new ways. But many people who love origami at some point puzzled over how origami figures are … Read more
Did you know…? You don’t need to be an expert to teach Origami! Even if you are just beginning with origami, as soon as you learn something new you can turn around and teach it to someone. The act of teaching a simple origami model provides a great benefit for you as a teacher and … Read more