Shuzo Fujimoto’s 102nd Birthday
Shuzo Fujimoto in front of his home in Sasayama, Japan, with (left to right) Seiji Nishikawa and Koichi Tateishi. Pictu...
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2024
Folding Unfired Clay
This summer, I visited the Fort at Srebrna Góra, a huge mountain keep from the 18th century. Besides various exhibitions abou...
Exhibition and Presentation at the Embassy of Japan in Warsaw
Me and Natalia Guzowska in front of Halina Rościszewska’s exhibition. Picture by Alicja Mazur. ...
Summary of CenterFold 2024
Me at CenterFold 2024, holding my Geometric Vase. Image by Kay Eng. My mode...
Folding Cheese Tray Paper
I used paper used as a tray in sliced cheese packaging to fold a traditional paper boat. See model description for some detai...
Origami Matchboxes
When I posted the tissues with an origami-themed package back in February, Jannie van Schuylenburg messaged me saying she ha...
Shuzo Fujimoto’s 9th Death Anniversary
Picture from 10th CDO origami convention in Verona, 1988. Left to right: Fumiaki Fujita, Eiki Momotani, Tomoko Fuse, Er...
Zoom Interview with Leyla Torres of Origami Spirit
Me, holding a partially precreased sheet for folding Shamrock Tessellaton 1.1 It is my pleasure to let you know t...
Convention of PTO (Polish Origami Association) 2024 in Konin
My origami model display at PTO (Polish Origami Association) convention in Konin, 2024 Last weekend (July 19th-21...
Special Guest at CenterFold 2024
Centerfold 2024 banner, by Ohio Paperfolders I’m happy to invite you to CenterFold 2024, where I will be one of t...
Announcement: Blanket Permission to Fold and Teach Shuzo Fujimoto’s Models (Non-Commercial Use only)
Hands holding Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea Since some folders have recently been asking me how to get permission to...
A Tribute to Meenakshi Mukerji
Books by Meenakshi Mukerji and Spiked Rhombicosidodecahedron from SSIT module designed by her I never met Meenaks...
Folding a Wax Wrapper (Woskowijka)
When I received a wax wrapper (Polish: woskowijka), I decided to give a try folding it. Wax wrappers are sheets of fabric soa...
CfC and BOS conventions in Colchester
Discussion panel about preserving the legacy of origami creators at CfC. Left to right: Bodo Haag, Mitya Miller, Michał...
Speaking at FoldFest 2024: AI in Origami
FoldFest 2024 banner, ©OrigamiUSA On Saturday, April 27, 2024, I will be speaking about Artificial Intelligence i...
Preserving Fujimoto’s Origami Models
Recently, I was contacted by Fuhyi Kuo, a conservator also interested in origami. She had learned from someone who attended t...
Origami AI Revisited
In early 2023, I presented my idea for a roadmap of using AI in origami, so I thought I’d revisit the topic briefly now and s...
Origami at Polin (Museum of the History of Polish Jews)
During a visit to Polin (Museum of the History of Polish Jews) this fall, I noticed the section dedicated to kids’ toys also presented some paperfolding. The...
Tissues with Origami Boat Motif
Adding to my collection of random items with origami motif is this package of tissues featuring a traditional paper boat.
Shuzo Fujimoto: story and workshop at Origami Groep Eindhoven’s New Year Special
Workshop poster (by Origami Groep Eindhoven): Translucent Design, CFW 58, designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, taught by me ...
2023
Shuzo Fujimoto’s 101st Birthday
Shuzo Fujimoto (sitting) with editors of his books for Project F, standing from left to right: Taiko Niwa, Satoko Saito...
Help needed with Japanese text
I’m looking for help with understanding the above fragment from Shuzo Fujimoto’s Twist Origami 1 book, page 8. You can view the complete page and the complet...
Comparison of used and new bone folder
Here, you can see a comparison of a teflon bone folder I’ve been using for seven years at the time the picture was taken, and an identical new one. Of all th...
Exhibition and Workshop at Allegro Tech Meeting
Each year at Allegro, where I work, we organize an internal IT conference called ATM (Allegro Tech Meeting). Apart from lots of interesting presentations, th...
Folding Window Blind Fabric
Fabric sample before folding Folded traditional crane One non-standar...
Nicolas Terry Tissue Foil Review
Example sheets of Nicolas Terry Tissue Foil in various colors. The two red squares are front and back side of same shee...
Two Hexagons from A4 Minus Square — Improved Method
A while ago I published a post on cutting two hexagons from the rectangle left over after cutting a square from an A4 sheet. For some strange reason, in that...
Two Kinds of Origami Models
Groom and Bride compared to Box with Woven Triangles XVIII I recently realized that without planning it that way,...
PTO (Polish Origami Association) 2023 Convention in Łódź
On July 13th-16th, I attended the origami convention of Polish Origami Association (Polskie Towarzystwo Origami, PTO) in Łódź...
Models folded by Shuzo Fujimoto himself
A sample of models designed and folded by Shuzo Fujimoto I received from Roberto Morassi I only mentioned them in...
Summary of Plener Origami (Outdoor Origami Meeting) 2023
Leftovers of a graffiti with origami cranes in Kraków’s Zabłocie district This year’s Plener Origami (Outdoor Ori...
A Tribute to Artur Biernacki
Elephant, Chameleon, and Butterfly designed and folded by Artur Biernacki; arrangement and photograph mine Artur ...
Interview for Der Falter — English Version
As special guest of this year’s German Origami Convention, I was interviewed for German Origami Society’s magazine, Der Falte...
John Gerard’s Pure Flax White Paper Review
Among the many attractions of the 2023 meeting of German Origami Society was the possibility to enjoy, once again after a thr...
Origami Deutschland Jahrestreffen 2023 — Summary
German Origami Convention 2023 in Erkner near Berlin was the first origami event I’ve attended live since three years. It was...
Folding Big Models for Workshops
Less than two weeks are left till the German Origami Convention, so I spent the last evening folding some larger-than-usual m...
Special Guest at Plener Origami 2023
My workshops at Plener Origami (Outdoor Origami Meeting) 2023; graphic design by Natalia Guzowska What a year! I’...
Flickr, Instagram, and the Free Lunch
The good thing about serious problems is they don’t go away easily, and you can keep writing about them for a long time. This...
Paperweight in the Shape of an Origami Elephant
A few years ago, I bought the pictured object, which is in the shape of an origami elephant, and have been using it as a pape...
Folding Polish Złoty Bills
While dollar bill folding is relatively popular, other currencies are used for folding to a lesser extent. This has probably ...
Folding an RFID Chip
In late 2016, I folded a traditional crane from an RFID chip identical to the one on which th...
Poll — Models for Workshops
Question Mark (Michał Kosmulski) Are there any models of mine you would particularly enjoy folding in a workshop?...
Origami AI — a roadmap
In this article, I present a roadmap for applying AI to the field of origami. Starting from what is possible today, I suggest how existing building blocks co...
2022
Special Guest at German Convention 2023
Origami Deutschland Jahrestreffen 2023 banner. Images: Christine Blasek, Leyla Torres, Michał Kosmulski, Design: blau D...
Folding Paper with ChatGPT
Everyone and their dog are posting about ChatGPT, the newest AI language model by OpenAI, so I decided to check some origami-related prompts. While I am impr...
Ladybugs at AMNH
This year, Origami USA chose Ladybug 1.1 (designed by me and modified by Sara Adams) for thei...
Shuzo Fujimoto’s 100th Birthday
Shuzo Fujimoto teaching at the Italian Origami Convention on 1988-11-01. Image from NOA magazine 166 (1989), received c...
Fujimoto’s Five Books are now Public Domain
Shuzo Fujimoto’s five self-published books: Solid Origami, Invitation to Creative Playing with Origami, and Twist Origa...
Shuzo Fujimoto Online Event
Shuzo Fujimoto online event banner, images by Ilan Garibi, Michał Kosmulski and Robert Lang On Saturday, October ...
Growing Up as an Origamist
Me, precreasing Ridges Corrugation (32×32) in early 2018 I’ve been doing lots of origami lately, but very little ...
Shuzo Fujimoto’s Death Anniversary
Shuzo Fujimoto at an origami event for kids on 1990-10-20. Image courtesy of Hitoshi Fujimoto. Today, July 28th, ...
Making plaster casts of origami tessellations
For some time now, I have been thinking of origami tessellations as a kind of bas-relief, executed in a very particular way. This led me to the idea of combi...
Oripa on 4k Screen on Linux
Comparison of Oripa with 1x and 2x scaling When Oripa is run on a 4k / HiDPI screen, all GUI elements may appear ...
How Good is DALL-E Mini at Origami?
Not very good, but it fails in interesting ways.
Workshop at Orifold Creasing Together 2022
Orifold Creasing Together 2022 poster (by Origami Oritai) This Saturday, June 11th 2022, I will be teaching my So...
Announcing CFW — a Catalog of Fujimoto’s Works
Looking at Fujimoto’s Daffodil I recently posted, you may have noticed that I added “CFW 100” to the model’s name. CFW stands...
Shuzo Fujimoto’s Biography
Shuzo Fujimoto at a table, with some models, in 2006 (image courtesy of Robert Lang) In an earlier post, I mentio...
Counting Sheets is More Complex than it Seems — On Origami Classification, Part II
In Part II of the series, I explore classification of origami models with regard to the number of sheets, and find out there is more to it than just single-s...
OBB Competition II
OBB Competition banner (artwork by Boice Wong) It is my pleasure to let you know that I will be one of the judges...
Celebrating Shuzo Fujimoto
Shuzo Fujimoto in 2006 (image courtesy of Robert Lang) 2022 will mark the 100th anniversary of Shuzo Fujimoto’s b...
Valentine’s Day Workshop with CDO
On February 9th, 2022, I had the pleasure of teaching my Two Hearts model at a Valentine’s Day special origazoom meeting orga...
Rex Sadoch Thermoplast Paper Review
Rex Sadoch Thermoplast (carta rivesto) paper Rhombi Rows Tessellation, fron...
Thicket, not tree — On Origami Classification, Part I
In this blog post, the first in a planned series, I analyze some common approaches to origami classification, point out their weaknesses, and outline what a ...
Rosette workshop at GOC1
GOC1 workshop poster, by GOC1 organizers, based on image provided by me Next Saturday, January 29th, 2022 at 19:0...
Blazing Propellers molecule workshop for Origami Indonesia
Blazing Propellers workshop poster, by Origami Indonesia, with pictures provided by me ...
2021
Z-Box workshop at Origami Groep Eindhoven’s Christmas Special
Christmas Special workshop poster, by Origami Groep Eindhoven, with pictures provided by me On December 19th, 202...
Workshop at Birmingham Mini-Meeting
Whirlwind Box, folded from full grid Whirlwind Box, folded without the grid...
Workshop at 39th CDO Convention
Shifted Bricks Me, with Shifted Bricks model — promotional material for the...
Grainy Paper Review
This review of Grainy Paper is based on my folding of two models so far, Doom and Shifted Bri...
Paper Grain in Origami
Paper is made from plant fibers. When hand-made paper is laid using a sieve, a single sheet is produced at a time. Manual movements of the sieve cause the fi...
Making Sense of the Tsuru
I experienced a eureka moment when editing a series of pictur...
Workshop at Online Origamitag
Yesterday (2021-10-09), I gave a workshop during the Online Origamitag organized by Origami Deutschland. For a change, this t...
Workshop for Lehigh Valley Origami Enthusiasts
Last Saturday (September 18th, 2021), I had the pleasure of giving a workshop for Lehigh Valley Origami Enthusiasts (LVOE) gr...
Finally! All models under one roof
After a lot of work, I finally managed to migrate all my models ever published online to a single place. You can now enjoy bo...
Naming Origami Models
In this blogpost I suggest new terms useful for the discussion of origami model naming, and present naming conventions from different artists, including myse...
My origami on book cover / origami na okładce książki: Nanocząstki i nanotechnologie by Marek Kosmulski
Nanocząstki i nanotechnologie, czyli stary towar w nowym opakowaniu, Marek Kosmulski, 2021 Niedawno ukazał się po...
The key to a great online convention (OrigamiUSA origami convention 2021)
OrigamiUSA space withing Gather, recreating the physical location in which the convention usually took place Duri...
OrigamiUSA Convention 2021
I’ll be attending the online OrigamiUSA Convention 2021 on June 25th–29th and teaching one of my models, Lucky Star Box (Simp...
Workshop with Origami Mitra
Workshop poster, by Origami Mitra Screenshot from the meeting, by Origami M...
Unryu Paper Review
I folded Composition of Squar...
Centerfold Restored
After some back and forth, Centerfold 2021 was reactivated and is scheduled for July 30th to August 1st. While I won’t be abl...
Joisel Award 2021
Until May 31st, 2021, you can nominate candidates for this year’s Joisel Award. If you noticed any outstanding origami this y...
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Building a Personal [Origami] Website in 2021
This post sparked quite a discussion on hackernews. You can read all the interesting comments in this thread. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
Centerfold 2021 Canceled
Centerfold homepage with the information I was sad to learn that Centerfold 2021, where I was supposed to be one ...
Commenting enabled
Today, I enabled comments on models, instructions and blog posts. They are implemented with utterances which means you need to log in using a GitHub account ...
Workshop at BOS Spring VCON
On April 10th, 2021, I had the opportunity to give a workshop at BOS Virtual Convention Spring 2021. The main subject was my Box with Woven Triangles V but s...
Complete Website Overhaul
Old site — main page New site — main page ...
Coloring Paper with Inkjet Printer
When folding Stars and Squares, I decided to try coloring Elephant Hide paper by just printing it over with a uniform color u...
Workshop at Frühlingsfalten 2021
Origami Deutschland organized an event called Frühlingsfalten (Spring Folding) on March 20th, 2021, and I was happy to give a workshop there. We folded two m...
Book wrapping foil review
I folded a crane as an experiment from Herlitz book wrapping foil, and to my surprise, it proved to be a rather nice folding material. I also folded a Fujimo...
2020
Free Online Workshop on December 29th: Box with Woven Triangles II
Tomorrow, on December 29th, 2020, I will be giving a workshop for Origami Group Eindhoven. I will teach my Box with Woven Tri...
Sponge Cloth as Folding Material Review
Sponge cloths, used for bathroom cleaning, make an interesting folding material. When wet, they are soft and foldable. When d...
Two Hexagons from A4 Minus Square
Have you noticed that the strip which stays behind when you cut a square from an A4 sheet of paper, is just the right size for cutting two small hexagons?
Origami-Styled Wisent Logo on Trash Cans
Origami-styled wisent logo of Ekoland company displayed on trash cans As a follow-up to trash cans with an origam...
Origami-Styled Elephant Logo on Trash Cans
Origami-styled elephant logo of Kom-Eko company displayed on trash cans Kom-Eko, a waste management company in Lu...
Workshop at World Origami Days 2020
I will be teaching my Shamrock 1.1 Box in less than two weeks during the World Origami Days event organized by OrigamiUSA. Wh...
New Logo — Shamrock Tessellation 1.1 molecule
My previous logo, a modular spoked wheel, has served me well for the last five years, but it does not anymore represent the k...
Six Simple Twists (second edition), by Ben Parker
Six Simple Twists (second edition), by Benjamin ParkerBook cover © CRC Press The long-awaited second edition of B...
World Origami Marathon - coming up soon
Origami World Marathon official poster World Origami Marathon is coming up this weekend, August 22-23, 2020. See ...
Learn my Box with Woven Triangles III during Origami World Marathon!
WOM poster for my workshop If you want to learn how to fold my Box with Woven Triangles III, join me for the Worl...
Origami Connect Workshop — Long Story Short (Origami Book)
On August 2nd, 2020, I’ll be teaching my origami book model, Long Story Short, in an online O...
How I Precrease Paper for Tessellations
The image in this post shows a precreased sheet of paper, which upon collapsing folds to Triangles Tessellation. Usually, mod...
Origami in Google Doodle for Children’s Day
Google Doodle for yesterday, Children’s Day 2020 (2020-06-01), as displayed in Poland, included a number of origami-like shapes. Google Doodle is the customi...
Paper Review: John Gerard’s Hemp and Flax Paper
I folded Stars among Hexagons from a sheet of John Gerard’s handmade hemp and flax paper. These two ingredients give the paper a lot of strength, crispness, ...
Origami short film from 1962 („Oczekiwanie” — “Awaiting”)
Scene from „Oczekiwanie” (“Awaiting”), a 1962 Polish short film featuring origami. Fair use of a single frame is assume...
Miscellaneous updates
First update in a long time. Fixed some broken links, updated envelopener article, added a link to my origami interview in The Fold, uploaded slides from my ...
Designing precrease patterns for clean folding of tessellations and boxes
At CfC (Conference for Creators) 2 which took place in Zaragoza, Spain, in 2020, I gave a presentation titled Designing precr...
Shadow Fold (Karaperapisu) Paper Review
Folding Composition of Squares I prompted me to review the paper whose Japanese name is Karaperapisu, but which I see people ...
Pajarita Monument in Zaragoza
This monument to the origami Pajarita advertises EMOZ, one of the few origami museums in the world. Both the monument and the...
Bench with origami Pajarita in Huesca
It’s been a week already since CfC 2, the origami Conference for Creators. It was very inspiring to meet so many great design...
Khepera Paper Review
I learned about Khepera from Robin Scholz several years ago and I’ve become a fan of this paper, though I must warn you up-front that it’s good only for some...
Paper Treatment for Folding Origami from an Old Calendar
I folded Star Ananke (D) from an angel-themed calendar.
2019
| Wystawa origami w Olsztyńskim Planetarium | Origami Exhibition at Olsztyn Planetarium |
Do końca stycznia 2020 trwa wystawa moich modeli origami w Olsztyńskim Planetarium (OPiOA). Prezentowane prace to ponad 80 te...
Kosmiczne Mikołajki / Workshops at the Planetarium
Już 7.12.2019 Kosmiczne Mikołajki w Olsztyńskim Planetarium, a w programie m.in. wystawa moich prac origami, prezentacja „Wsp...
Ogawa Washi Paper Review
Radioactive Tessellation was my first fold using Ogawa Washi paper. The paper is thin, but still provides some resistance during folding, which I liked since...
Interview in The Fold
I gave an interview to The Fold, OrigamiUSA’s online magazine (no membership required for access). As a bonus, it includes fo...
My display at Ultimate Origami Convention, Lyon 2019
My table at this year’s Ultimate Origami Convention. You can find here some models I’ve already published online along with s...
Korean Hanji Paper Review
I folded the Crucifix model with Korean Hanji paper which had been on my waiting list for some time. Note that Origami Shop s...
Goat Skin Paper Review
Woven Parallelograms Tessellation is folded from Goat Skin pa...
Ogura Paper Review
I folded my Titanic model from beige Awagami Ogura paper (75 gsm). This is a long-fiber, relatively soft paper. Creases were ...
Rouketsu Paper Review
Folding Star of David Tessellation II was the first time I folded Leathac Rouketsu paper. Classified as 105 gsm, it is quite ...
Splendorgel Paper Review 2
For folding Frank’s Bow Tie, I chose Fedrigoni Splendorgel Extra White 100 gsm paper. I reviewed the same paper earlier alrea...
Contemporary Origami at Embassy of Japan in Poland
Wspólnie z Ambasadą Japonii w Polsce zapraszam na prezentację p.t. „Współczesne origami” oraz towarzyszące jej warsztaty, pod...
Givande Paper Review
I used Spider’s Web (Ben Goldberger) model to test a sheet of paper which is sold by IKEA under the name Givande and which I ...
Notes on Tant Paper
I folded Lucky Star Fractal Tessellation from a sheet of grey Tant paper which I bought at the CDO convention in Italy. I use...
Outdoor Origami Meeting 2019
This is my display at 18th Outdoor Origami Meeting (Plener Origami) 2019 in Kraków, Poland. It was great to be there and fold...
Biogami Paper Review
I used Braided Pinwheel Tessellation to test Biogami paper which I got interested in after se...
John Gerard’s Hand-Made Abaca and Flax Paper Review
I folded Lucky Star Tessellation from a sheet of blue, hand-m...
Edokosome Paper Review
Lucky Star Fractal (Open Back) was the first model I folded from Edokosome paper which I bought at CDO convention. I wasn’t quite sure I would like it since ...
Nicolas Terry Tissue Foil: First Impression
Making One Hand Washes the Other was the first time I folded Nicolas Terry Tissue Foil paper. I chose it for this model becau...
Accademia Paper Review
Epiphany III is a large model, folded from an almost complete B1 sheet of Fabriano Accademia 120 gsm paper which I found at a...
2018
Vintage Paper Review
I used Christmas Tree 2018 model for testing out Vintage paper. At 65 gsm, it’s rated thinner than most papers I use, and it ...
Origami Tessellations for Everyone, by Ilan Garibi
Origami Tessellations for Everyone, by Ilan GaribiBook cover © Ilan Garibi Ilan Garibi just published his book, O...
New external links added
Added some new links to my origami resources published outside of this page.
Lokhu Paper Review
Folding Twist Again Tessellation was an opportunity to test L...
My display at CDO Convention 2018
These are my origami models displayed at CDO Convention 2018 in Pisa/Tirrenia. This was my first time at the Italian conventi...
Yohishi (Bear Hide) Paper Review
Sunflower Tessellation (3×3) was the first model I folded from Yohishi (Bear Hide) paper. This is a thick paper which would p...
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Światowy Dzień Origami w Pytanie na Śniadanie [PL]
On October 24th, 2018, during World Origami Days, I made a brief appearance on the TV show Pytanie na Śniadanie, talking abou...
Splendorgel Paper Review
Folding Lucky Star Box (Simplified) was also a test of Fedrigoni Splendorgel paper which I discovered at a local PaperConcept...
Kinumomi (Rhinoceros Hide) Paper Review
Folding my Spread-Sunk Square Twist Tessellation was my first use of Kinumomi paper (also known as Rhinoceros Hide / Rhino Hi...
Double Corrugated Paperboard Review
I folded a huge paper boat in order to test the feasibility of folding from thick double-layer corrugated board. As could be ...
Biotope Paper Review
Making Flow Tessellation was the first time I folded Biotope paper, and I admit I liked it very much. It is thinner than Tant...
Kaiser (Stark) Paper Review
Double-Bottom Double Spearhead Tessellation was my first fold using Kaiser paper, sold by Ori...
My display at Outdoor Origami Meeting 2018
My exhibition at 17th Outdoor Origami Meeting (Plener Origami) in Kraków, Poland. Despite a relatively short time between the...
My origami display at Origami Deutschland Jahrestreffen, Erkner 2018
My display at the German Origami Convention 2018 in Erkner, Germany. As always, it was a wonderful time and I had the opportu...
Awagami Kozo Natural Select Paper Review
Wedge Flower Tessellation was my first fold using Awagami Kozo Natural Select paper. I liked ...
Lokta Paper Review
Latin Cross Tessellation was the first model I folded from Nepalese Lokta paper, so here’s a short review. Summary: the paper...
My display at Outdoor Origami Meeting 2017
My display table during 16th Outdoor Origami Meeting (Plener Origami) in Kraków. The school which kindly hosts the convention...
My exhibit at German Origami Convention, Bonn 2017
My exhibit at Origami Deutschland convention in Bonn, Germany. Unfortunately, the space for model display was very limited, s...
My models at BOS50
This is my model exhibition at BOS50, the 50th Anniversary Convention of British Origami Society, which took place in Stratfo...
Page moved to HTTPS
Migrated the page to HTTPS (finally!).
2017
Twists, Tilings, and Tessellations, by Robert J. Lang
Twists, Tilings, and Tessellations: Mathematical Methods for Geometric Origami, by Robert J. LangBook cover © CRC Press...
Convention report: 12th Annual Convention of the Polish Origami Society
OrigamiUSA published my report from the 12th origami convention of Polish Origami Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Origami, PTO),...
Folding Felt
I folded Max Hulme’s Cat from a square of felt pasted onto aluminum foil. Surprisingly, this composite material was quite wel...
Earth Treasure Paper Review
I folded Union Jack Tessellation from a paper called Earth Treasure, a single sheet of which I bought for testing at Outdoor ...
Wibalin Paper Review
Folding Flower Tessellation presented me with an opportunity to test Wibalin paper. This is a thick (125 gsm) paper originall...
Dollar Bill Hare Used on Billboards without Permission
I spotted big advertising billboards using origami Dollar Bil...
Palatina Paper Review
I folded Leafless Hydrangea in order to test a new kind of pa...
Murillo Paper Review
Big and Small Squares was the first model I folded from Fabriano Murillo paper. It is acid free and promises good color stability (with many vivid colors ava...
Review of Unidentified Thick Embossed Paper
Rhombic Pixel Tessellation was an experiment in folding from an unusual paper. I had a single sheet but didn’t know the name ...
2016
Notes on Laid Paper
I folded Chevron Corrugation (UUDD-DDUU) from thick laid paper with an interesting texture. This kind of paper can readily be...
Boxes section added
Added a new section: Origami Boxes.
My exhibition at the convention of Polish Origami Society 2016
My exhibition at this year’s convention of Polish Origami Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Origami, PTO) which took place in Wars...
A Heap of my New Origami Designs
This heap of new origami designs is waiting on my table until I can make clean folds and document them properly. Unfortunatel...
Golden River / Leather Paper Review
Folding Two-in-One Flower Tessellation was an opportunity to ...
Envelopener usage and maintenance
Envelope openers are very useful tools for origami folders and other craftspeople, but they do have a number of quirks. After answering a question about gett...
Articles added
A new Articles section added in origami. It contains links to some older texts I wrote as well as a new article, Envelopeners: usage and care.
My models at Origami Outdoor Meeting 2016
My exhibition at 15th Outdoor Origami Meeting (Plener Origami) in Kraków, Poland. This year’s guest of honor was Robert J. La...
Convention report: 15th Outdoor Origami Meeting (Plener Origami)
A report from 15th Outdoor Origami Meeting (Plener Origami), an international origami convention held in Kraków, Poland, was ...
Eko Lux Paper Review
While folding Double Spearhead Tessellation, I reviewed Eko-Lux paper.
Corrugations section added
New section, Corrugations, added to origami page.
2015
Tsumugi paper — first impressions
Tsumugi is a thick Japanese paper decorated with a linen-like texture of thick “yarns” running along one direction. I bought a sheet at Modulor (Berlin) and ...
Using an inkjet printer to make precreasing of CPs easier
An inkjet printer (Public Domain image from Open Clipart project) Here is a trick I’ve used a number of times whe...
Tessellations section added
New section Tessellations added to origami page along with a number of models which I had only put on flickr but not on this page before. On this page some c...
Introducing Building Block Units
My article, Introducing Building Block Units, was published in The Fold. This text describes my Building Block Units (BBUs) a...
Cubes and Cuboids section added
Added instructions for the new Woven Slit Module (WSM) along with usage examples in the newly added section Cubes and cuboids. This section was added, and ma...
Two new sections added
Two new sections added to origami page: Single-sheet geometric models and Origami-related images. Crease patterns for Bumpy Octahedron and Name Plate were ad...
Fading colors — degradation of paper over time
In July 2015 I decided to get rid of some old origami models which had faded beyond looking nice. On these Sonobe units retrieved from some modular assembly,...
My Origami on the Cover of Surface Charging and Points of Zero Charge book
Surface Charging and Points of Zero Charge, Marek Kosmulski, 2009 This is the cover of Surface Charging and Point...
Modular tessellations added
New section Modular tessellations added to origami page.
Created flickr account
I created a flickr profile for my origami.
Tangles section added
Added new section: Origami — Tangles with three new models from Robert Lang’s Himalaya series: Gasherbrum, Makalu, and Annapurna plus Five Intersecting Tetr...
Architecture section added
Added instructions for the Building Block family of units along with usage examples in the newly created Origami — Architecture section as well as in Fractal...
Prior art found for some units
After searching for prior art of origami units I designed, I found out that two had been published before by others. Added appropriate credit on Swallowtail ...
2013
Page moved to new domain
After 9 years of existence at hektor.umcs.lublin.pl (and a few earlier locations since 1996), my page is now moving to its own domain, michal.kosmulski.org
2012
Link fixes
Some fixes in dangling links found all over the origami section of my site.
2011
Anaglyphs added
A new section is now online: 3D anaglyph images of origami.
2009
Site cleanup
Fixing dead links and minor updates in all sections of the page; unfortunately some pages with diagrams of different origami units seem to be permanently gon...
2008
Business card origami added
A new section is now online: Business card origami.
2006
Folding instructions added
Added a new section: Origami — Folding instructions. At the moment, only instructions for the Oxi module are available.
2004
Page moved to new server
Page moved to a new server (michal.kosmulski.org); Please update your bookmarks and links.
Origami section added to my homepage
On September 8th, 2004, I added an origami section to my personal homepage. This version was online for over 15 years until t...