Fold With Leyla - Free online Event OrigamiSpirit.com

Next Event: July 5, 2025

Easy Origami Tutorials, OrigamiSpirit.com, Leyla Torres

Tricia Tait, Special Guest at DoBras Origami Convention

Over the last several years at the OrigamiUSA convention in New York City, I’ve been very fortunate  to both share ideas and take classes with Tricia Tait.  Tricia is a very knowledgeable folder, and a well prepared teacher. She is also always up-to-date when it comes to being informed about the latest discoveries of simple … Read more

Origami is Poetry With Paper

But What is Poetry? According to poet Mariane Moore, poetry isan imaginary garden inhabited with real toads. For me, poetry is a paper garden inhabited by origami toads. ………………………………………. Frog designed by Román Díaz. Fly designed by Ángel Écija.Frog Feeding on a Fly  assemblage by Leyla Torres.

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

Fold a Flapping Bird with Recycled Paper -Which is Best?

Say YES to a Simple Joy! Say YES to Play! The origami Flapping Bird is a classical origami figure which is easy to make and a great source of joy. People of all ages always enjoy receiving this origami bird and experiencing the magic of pulling its tail to have its wings flap. All you … Read more

A Colorful Idea for a Birthday Gift Wrap

Even those people who might never think themselves as good at origami have at some point or another experienced some kind of paper folding.  Origami serves many every-day purposes, and we can say that gift-wrapping is basically a type of paper folding.Here is a photo of a gift (actually two) I wrapped today to take … Read more

4 Esquinas: The Progress of Origami en Latin America

The diagrams for this sheep (Román Díaz – Uruguay) and some other models are published in 4 Esquinas (4 Corners), a free online magazine about origami in Latin America. This publication is a labor of love and published by four talented origami practitioners: Mateo Diaz (Colombia), Román Díaz (Uruguay, Nicolás Gajardo (Chile) and Eric Madrigal … Read more