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Just like in any other art, sport or hobby, I have my origami heroes.
When I first discovered origami as a young lad, Robert Harbin was the
main public figure and book-publisher. Included in his early books were
models by origami greats such as Akira Yoshizawa, Neal Elias, Pat
Crawford, Ligia Montoya, Fred Rohm and many others. These remain as big
influences on what gives me a buzz about origami. Many of my favourite
models are of subjects from nature - as reflected in many of my
creations since then.
Compared to the origami designs back then, some of the work of more
modern folders - for example Frenchman Eric Joisel's mermaid above - are almost sculpture-like.
But I also enjoy many other types and styles of origami, such as clever,
novelty and action models - like jumping frogs, flapping birds, fortune
tellers etc. Giles Towning's wonderful "zip" above is hot off the press
in 2009. It opens and closes just like the real thing!
Here are some of my favourite folders' work - photos and links to their
web-pages.
I will add more of my favourite folders and models as time goes by....
 Giles
Towning (UK)- one of the UK's most interesting and inventive
(and funny) current creative folders. The "Differential" is a
working machine with all he moving parts made from paper. Click
here to see a video of the Differential in action.
Eric Joisel (France) - the picture to the left is part of
Eric's display at the BOS's 40th Anniversary convention in
Cambridge in 2007. He has made origami into a total art-form
with his wonderful 3-D figures. Find out more on his
web-site.
David Brill (UK) - Dave has created some of the most
aesthetically pleasing animals & human figures, and geometric
and other designs. Check out his wonderful book "Brilliant
Origami" and
web-site.
Satoshi Kamiya (Japan) - amongst the many fine young creative paperfolders from Japan, Satoshi manages to combine highly
complex folding techniques with a fine artistic and sensitive
eye. Creations such as his Phoenix (pictured here) are good
examples. His book "Works of Satoshi Kamiya 1995-2003" contains
some fantastic folds. A review of this book can be found
here.
_small.jpg)  Max
Hulme - Max seems to have endless supply of creative energy &
ideas, and seems to get better all the time. His famous
Stephenson's Rocket (left) is an all time favourite of mine, and his
recent creations, such as this group of angels, show again an
artistic eye to combine with his technical excellence. More
about Max can be found on the
BOS web-site.
 Nick
Robinson (UK) - a man who definitely sees the fun
side of origami - as some of his book titles - such as
Bar Stool Origami &
Adult Origami - demonstrate. But Nick is also a deep thinker
about origami, and a great admirer particularly of Hong Kong
folder Philip Shen. Creator of many excellent simple models,
that make origami accessible to the beginner, and now a
well-respected author and editor of origami books. He is also a
founder member of the Popadom origami club. Check out
Nick's web site for
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