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Please note that The Paper and The Fold (our online magazine) are two separate and completely different publications.

With The Paper magazine you will enjoy a carefully crafted publication, with excellent photographs and articles by origamists from all over the world. It is a magazine that many members choose to collect for the quality of its articles that range from historical aspects of paperfolding to the latest origami techniques and its applications in science, technology, education and design, in addition to diagrams, interviews and book reviews.

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The Paper Issue 147 (Spring 2025)

32 pages
Mailed
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Features

  • Preserving the legacy of famous paperfolders — and yours, by Michał Kosmulski
  • The PaDoRe Archive: Past, Present, and Planning for the Future, by Joan Sallas
  • Obituary: Samuel Randlett, tribute by Susan Randlett
  • Memories of an Interview, by Marc Kirschenbaum
  • My piano teacher, by Joan Navarre
  • A Towering Force in the Origami World, by Mick Guy
  • A Lifelong Friendship, by Stephen Weiss
  • Origami: Overusing the word and its consequences, by Dewi Brunett
  • Best American Chaos Ever, by Sachin Shah
  • Chinese Loveletters Soared Paris

From the Home Office

  • Letter from the Editor
  • News from The Source
  • Special Folding Fun Sessions
  • Origami Connect
  • 2025 Annual Convention Information

Diagrams

  • Arbor Rose, by Jason Schneider
  • Bull Mask, by Samuel Randlett
  • Easter Dragon, by Francesco Massimo
  • Campanula and Vinca, by Yara Yagi