“Your Brain on Origami” a presentation and conversation with Steve Richards.
Steve Richards has been folding paper for more than 50 years. Teaching origami to first graders through adults has been a passion.
Steve holds a B.S. in Botany and Chemistry from Southern Illinois University and specialized in Business Finance at Bradley University.
Linda Macfarlane is a Certified Music Practitioner, Early Childhood Music and Movement Specialist, and an Arts Enrichment Specialist based in the Rutland, Vermont area. Having been on an artistic journey since childhood, she now finds herself at the intersection of origami and music, both of which hold great importance and brings great joy to her life. …READ MORE HERE…
Jen Patterson is a licensed professional counselor and host of Origami Story Club, an origami-based program offered to children ages 6-11 living with Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior (BFRB).
In our session, Jen hosted an Origami Story Club for Origamigos and we experienced first-hand how she uses origami to help children.
Also she shared a bibliography of picture books featuring origami as a theme. Take a look! …READ MORE HERE…
David Pacheco is a native of Los Angeles with broad experience as an animator, illustrator and creative director for The Walt Disney Studios and Disney Publishing Division.
Interested in origami since a very early age, David has amassed a collection of origami books and periodicals that numbers over 2200 titles and growing! In this interview and presentation, David shares some highlights from this fabulous book collection and his passion for origami and origami books. …READ MORE HERE…
Robert Lang is considered one of the world’s masters of the art of origami, with over 800 designs catalogued and diagrammed. His design techniques are used by origami artists around the world, and he lectures widely on the connections between origami art, science, mathematics and technology. He is noted for designs of great detail and realism, and includes in his repertoire some of the most complex origami designs ever created. …READ MORE HERE…
Alphonsus Rouis B. Nonog is an architecture student from the Philippines, who also happens to be an origami and graphic design enthusiast. Origami is one of Alphonsus’ favorite means of creative expression and his inclination is toward geometric origami with simple concepts and simple motifs.
In this presentation and conversation, Alphonsus shares some historical highlights and how he became interested in the alphabet as a theme for origami. Alphonsus’s enthusiasm and ingenuity shine through as he describes his creative process.
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