Origami Master Michael G. LaFosse has been an origami artist for over 40 years and is considered a leading authority and master of the art. An avid teacher, LaFosse co-founded the Origamido Studio, a learning center and design studio dedicated to the art of origami, and the only place in the world specializing in hand papermaking for the origami artist. Author of many books and videotapes relating to paperfolding and hand papermaking, LaFosse produces fine paper art and commercial designs for a variety of international clients. He was prominently featured in the recent Peabody Award-winning documentary, Between the Folds.
Richard L. Alexander co-founded the Origamido Studio, where he is the chief papermaker. As a designer, his specialties have included biology (systems ecology) and landscape architecture. Together, Alexander and LaFosse have created dozens of origami exhibitions, and more than seventy books, kits, and videos about paper and paper arts.
Do people think Origami is for girls? I don't think I ever did but the arts and crafts section in any toy store is dominated by images of girls. This is unfair to our boys. There is nothing feminine or masculine about Origami. To me, it is an art form that requires a lot of mind-hand-eye coordination as your mind must direct your hands to take a 2D object and manipulate it to take space in the 3rd dimension. This especially rings true with the Geometric Origami set by veteran artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard Alexander. While folding, you may notice that even the math phobic children can create folds that demonstrate anything from fractions to skeletal polyhedra. Eliminating math anxiety has never been more fun. --Jenn Choi, Forbes.com
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