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Origami Books

A Collection of Origami Books I Love and Recommend The following is a partial list of books in my personal library, accompanied with a description. I also included some books that I don’t own, but I am familiar with. This page contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure here.The list is divided into seven categories: For … Read more

Beth Johnson’s Origami Design Secrets

Beth Johnson has been creating ingenious and elegant origami models, which she shares through her Flickr page and on her own website. Originally from Toledo, Ohio,  she currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband and young son. Beth has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s in natural resources with a focus … Read more

Health Benefits of Origami

Can folding paper in the process of making Origami benefit our health? If you ask someone who is engaged with this art the answer will most likely be a confident yes. A 2010 article published by the AARP––The American Association of Retired Persons–– Boost Your Brain Health, suggests a number of things we can do … Read more

Marvellous Origami Miniatures

Miniature origami ant

When folding origami models of animals, bigger animals, such mammals and birds, are usually represented in a small scale, and the smaller creatures, such as insects, are made bigger than life-size. On my recent trip to Colombia, Carolina Aguilera, an architect from Bogotá and avid paper folder, gave me as a present a life-size origami … Read more