Origami Connect - Past Events

Cristian Marianciuc is a Romanian paper artist whose work revolves around the origami crane. He started a project called Icarus.mid.air. Every day Cristian would decorate a crane as a visual diary. The plan was to keep track of the passing of time, each day, in the shape of a decorated origami crane – each crane would describe in a creative way the type of day he was having.
Since 2014 he has been perfecting his very personal style which sees the humble yet beautifully symbolic traditional model of the crane come alive with the help of intricately cut wings, flowers, folkloric motifs and other decorative paper elements.
One of the central characteristics of his work is the concept of layering, in a literal but also a metaphoric sense. Each piece comes with a backstory, with increasingly personal references, a dedicated piece of music, and for his most recent collection – a fragrant muse.
We will get a taste of Cristian's process as he leads us through decorating/embellishing paper to create a meaningful and personal crane. Prior to this class contemplate images and thoughts that hold meaning for you and gather supplies that will help you achieve a representation of those images and thoughts.

Joanna Star is one of Maria’s new creations. It has a fun folding sequence as well as a unique way to assemble the units. Joanna Star holds together with  great locks that have come to be Maria’s signature on a modular star. María will teach the basic version of the star and show how to make a color change for the center.

Himanshu likes to create a new model for each event he teaches. He came up with this beautiful snowflake that originated from his snow crystals, which were designed for his students combining techniques they had learned such as making a hexagon from as square, a tato fold, petal fold, open sink, etc. We are excited for him to present this brand new model, never taught elsewhere. During the live session, Himanshu had a variation. To see a pre-recorded video of the original model: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vodaphrscpfxlez/2021-12-01%2019-43-52__Merged....

Come and fold this lovely sitting gnome. It would make a lovely holiday decoration.

This event is a free 'Thank you' event-all folders are welcome!

We travel to South America to meet Aldos Marcell. Aldos is a biologist, specializing in botany. He likes to design plant representations. We will be folding his Zinnia Fractal Model today. The model consists of multiple rings...we will make the outer ring and you can keep on going! Don't miss this special treat with Aldos!

Our next continent will be Asia with Miyuki Kawamura. She will be teaching two models: A blooming flower and a rose. This will be a special treat from Miyuki who is best known for modular origami creations. Don’t miss this class to learn two beautiful flowers.

The second continent in our origami summer travels will be Europe to visit Jannie van Schuylenburg to fold a kami paper carrier. She will show us how to modify the carrier to fit various sizes of paper. Origami travelers need a way to transport their paper for folding. Jannie will show us this amazing paper carrier that comes with a lock! If time permits, we will also fold a container to hold 4" paper.