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Origami Artists

These are the origami artists whose work I particularly admire and who have inspired my own work over the years, motivating me to push the limits of what I can design by showing how much incredible detail can be added to a model folded from a single square piece of paper without any cuts.

Robert J. Lang Origami:  Robert is my mentor - his book Origami Design Secrets is the only reason I have been able to develop my own original designs. If you are at all interested in origami, you should check out his website. 

Satoshi Kamiya:  I cannot describe his designs - you have to see them for yourself. His asian-style dragon titled "Ryuzin 3.5", under the 2005 category is, in my opinion, the single greatest piece of origami in existence. 

Kota Imai:  His insect are absolutely amazing.

Shuki Kato:  He has a wide variety of  incredible designs.

Brian Chan:  I particularly love his "Attack of the Kraken" design.

Online Paper Stores

For complex origami, large sheets of thin, strong paper are essential. Typical "origami" paper is usually not available in a large enough size, is a little too thick, and is very weak. Many of my models, particularly the ones that need extremely thin appendages, are folded from regular tissue paper. For the models that can handle being folded from a slightly thicker paper, handmade mulberry tissue is my personal favorite. Regardless of the type of tissue used, I find it very useful to apply methyl cellulose to the paper in order to strengthen it, make it crisper, and increase the degree to which it can be wet-shaped. There is a page on Robert Lang's website that explains this process - it goes through a large variety of different types of paper that are suitable for origami, but it is the "Resizing" section that explains what I do to prepare my papers.

Mulberry Paper and More:  This is my favorite site to purchase thin (the lower the GSM the better) handmade mulberry paper - Unryu and Hanji are particularly nice.

The Paper Connection:  Another site with a large selection of specialty papers.

Origami Shop:  Another good site with a large selection of papers.

Paper Jade:  This site has a good selection of traditional origami papers.  These papers are usually too small and thick for my use, so it has been a long time since I have used any of their paper, but there are some beautiful ones - particularly in the "Washi" section.

Kim's Crane:  This site has both traditional origami papers and the mulberry papers that I currently use more often.

Diagrams

Before I reached the point where I could create my own designs, I gained much valuable experience folding models created by other artists.  Many of those came from published books, but there is also a large number of step-by-step diagrams available for free online.

Alex Barber's Website:  This was my favorite site for diagrams before I learned to create my own designs. 

Joseph Wu's Website:  The site has fewer diagrams available, but there are some of particular note - I particularly like the "Birdbase Chess Set".

Other Links

The World of Daea: I have begun writing epic fantasy novels, and this site is where you can find out more about that.

Flickr:  I have a Flickr account. 

Instagram:  I also have an Instagram account.

OrigamiUSA:  This site has paper, diagrams, and a lot of other information.  Under the "Articles" section of the "Publications" category, the two articles I've written about how I use Geometer's Sketchpad to create my circle packings have been published.