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World Origami Days (WOD – October 24 through November 11) is a celebration period when people who love origami spread the joy of paper folding by making origami as visible as possible. To celebrate WOD we might teach a class, fold on the bus, give our friends origami, and share or exhibit the figures we … Read more
Jen Patterson is a licensed professional counselor and host of Origami Story Club, an origami-based program for children age 6-11 living with a BFRB (Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior). BFRB behaviors include skin-picking, hair-pulling, or nail-biting. As a special guest presenter on Origamigos, Jen engaged us in a hands-on experience of how she works with children in … Read more
In one of our live Origamigos meetings, the issue of hand pain and trigger finger was brought up: Is there an exercise that can help us heal trigger finger? Here I will expand on my remarks on that meeting and how I personally addressed those issues. Over the years I have occasionally suffered from pain … Read more
Please join us any time during this lovely month of August as we explore this month’s folding theme in the beauty and warmth of this special time: Warm Weather This OrigamiSpirit challenge is open to anyone who wants to participate. Here is how to play along: Share origami models (newly folded or folded in the … Read more
Within Origamigos (our Origami Spirit membership) we interviewed Himanshu Agrawal. Here we highlight his origami work as a lovely example of origami mastery. Himanshu Agrawal (India) has been practicing origami since 1989 and has set 5 world records for large origami installations. Through this post, you can appreciate his fantastic origami work. Himanshu believes that … Read more
Recently, in the Origamigos Membership, we spent a lovely hour speaking with Dasa Severova, a prolific origami artist and creator. Dáša enjoys teaching and she is particularly interested in how origami can be used in a classroom setting to demonstrate a clear understanding of geometry. Dasa is resourcefully creative, and likes to work with different … Read more