My Origami Work

My Origami at the GFOA Conference, June 25-30, 1998

Over the past few years, I have done a number of origami projects for various clients. These projects include a number of origami displays and workshops, as well as some larger scale projects, such as the one you see above.

In May of 1998 I was asked to fold a series of origami pieces for a trade show booth in Atlanta, Georgia. The client was KPMG Peat Marwick, and the show was the Government Finance Officers Association Conference at the Moscone Convention Center, June 25 to June 30.

For this project I was asked to create five very large models, folded from 4-foot square pieces of paper. I was also asked to fold a number of smaller models to be used for both marketing brochures and the various advertisements that appear on the walls of the trade show booth.

Below are some pictures taken during the trade show:

Here you can see the traditional crane, folded from a 4'x4' piece of paper. You can also see a number of my origami models on the counter.

Above another desk you can see the traditional origami frog, also folded from a 4'x4' square piece of paper. I am told that this frog was so popular that it disappeared after the trade show!

This swan, folded from a 4'x4' square, is not the traditional model but a slightly more complex version. It still turned out to be about 15 inches long, as you can tell by the size of the monitor on which it is sitting.

The large orange square lent itself well to this origami angelfish. This model is a John Montroll creation, and it can be found on page 16 of his book, Animal Origami for the Enthusiast (ISBN 0-486-24792-9).

Here is a closer look at the crane. I am still amazed at how well the large models held up in the mail! I was able to package the smaller models carefully, but the large ones I brought to Mailboxes, Etc. for packing and shipping.

This is the traditional origami seal, folded from the fish base, perched high above the booth.

One of the advertisements featured my origami octopus. This is Peter Engel's model, and it can be found on page 149 of his book, Origami from Angelfish to Zen (ISBN 0-486-28138-8). If I remember correctly, the octopus that I folded was only about six inches long. Here it is enlarged to about four feet!

Also notice the red model which is somewhat visible on the left side of the octopus. This is Robert Lang's rabbit, which can be found on page 104 of the FOCA Convention '88 Program.

Here is another seal, folded from a 10-inch square, but magnified quite a bit for this particular advertisement. You can tell from these ads how important it is to fold the models neatly and carefully when they are being enlarged.