ORIGAMIDO: Masterworks of Paper Folding

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Hardcover, 144 pages, Over 100 full color photographs plus diagrams of five, selected projects.

"Origamido" was a true first in the field of origami books. Not a "how-to", rather an exhibit of origami art by living masters. Michael, and many other members of the origami community, have long envisioned such a book--a photographic "exhibit" of notable, contemporary, origami masterworks and innovative designs, representing origami artists from all over the world. Rockport Publishers (Quarry Books) agreed that this treatment was long overdue, and after a year of international communications, some 40 origami artists and designers sent examples of their work to Massachusetts for full color portraits.

Many of the models featured, such as Eric Joisel's Pangolin , are "one-of-a-kind" pieces and are not diagrammed . Many of these pieces have been on exhibit at major museums, such as the Louvre, Paris.

Artists and Projects featured in "ORIGAMIDO: Masterworks of Paper Folding":

Akira Yoshizawa, Japan: Buddha, Buddha Mask, Abstract, Tops, Bison

Jeff Beynon, UK: "Spring into Action"

David Brill, UK: "St. George & the Dragon"

Sy Chen, Taiwan: Chinese Teapot & Cups

Edwin Corrie, Switzerland: Rhinoceros

Vincent Floderer, France: Mushrooms

Tomoko Fuse, Japan: Boxes, Geometric, Masks, Jumping Frog

Alfredo Giunta, Italy: Housefly

Gay Merrill Gross, USA: "Paper Fastening Flower" (diagrams included)

Taishiro Hasegawa, Japan: "Whirling Flower Tops"

Tom Hull, USA: "Five Intersecting Tetrahedra", "Pentagon-Hexagon Zigzag Unit" (diagrams included)

Paul Jackson, UK: Pleated Abstract

Eric Joisel, France: Pangolin, "America's Paper Cup" (R), Masks

Satoshi Kamiya, Japan: "Divine Dragon"

Fumiaki Kawahata, Japan: Stegosaurus

Kenneth Kawamura, USA: "Butterfly Ball"

Miyuki Kawamura, Japan: "Cosmosphere"

Toshikazu Kawasaki, Japan: Rose, Rose Tile, Rock Crystal

Hideo Komatsu, Japan: Tiger

Michael LaFosse, USA: Bat, Happy Bats, Mantis, Scorpion, Mountain Lion Mask (diagrams included), Planes (diagrams included), Humming Birds

Robert Lang, USA: Black Forest Clock, Allosaurus Skeleton

Soon Young Lee, South Korea: Talking Lips (diagrams included)

Luda Lezhneva, Russia: Matrioshka Dolls

John Montroll, USA: Chess Table, Three-headed Dragon

J.C. Nolan, USA: Clown Fish & Sea Anemone

Francis Ow, Singapore: Winged Hearts

Chris K. Palmer, USA: Flower Tower Invitation, Five-sided Box

David Petty, UK: "Wreaths & Rings"

Ethan Plaut, USA: Abstracts

Daniel Robinson, USA: Beetle

Jeremy Shafer, USA: "Flasher" Hat, "Labrynth Walker"

Gerard Ty Sovan, Cambodia/France: Sailboat

Hojyo Takashi, Japan: "Maitreya"

Herman van Goubergen, Belgium: Skull

Valerie VAnn, USA: "Magic Rose Cube"

Joseph Wu, Canada: "One-fold" Stegosaurus, Rabbit, Elephant

Makato Yamaguchi, Japan: Ohinasama

Issei Yoshino, Japan: Horse, Boar, T-Rex Skeleton