Article in The Paper: Preserving the legacy of famous paperfolders — and yours
I just received my copy of The Paper issue 147 (Spring 2025) which features my article titled “Preserving the legacy of famou...
My activities
This category lists updates about my origami-related activities such as workshops I’m giving or taking part in conventions. There are 82 entries in this category.
Workshop (Geometric Vase and Vase Christmas Tree) at Birmingham Mini-Meeting (Online)
Geometric Vase 1.1 Vase Christmas Tree This Sunday, February 23rd, at...
BlueSky Account
Butterfly for Eric Joisel (Michael G. LaFosse) I recently added a new social media channel: @mkosmul.bsky.social ...
Origami Connect Workshop — Geometric Vase and Other Models
A number of people have asked me lately about instructions for folding the Geometric Vase. I will have the pleasure to teach ...
Special Guest at the First OGE Weekend
OGE Origami Weekend 2025 banner, by Origami Groep Eindhoven It is my pleasure to invite you to OGE Weekend, the f...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
Poll — Models for Workshops
Question Mark (Michał Kosmulski) Are there any models of mine you would particularly enjoy folding in a workshop?...
Special Guest at German Convention 2023
Origami Deutschland Jahrestreffen 2023 banner. Images: Christine Blasek, Leyla Torres, Michał Kosmulski, Design: blau D...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Centerfold 2021 Canceled
Centerfold homepage with the information I was sad to learn that Centerfold 2021, where I was supposed to be one ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
| 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...
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...
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...
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...
Origami Tessellations for Everyone, by Ilan Garibi
Origami Tessellations for Everyone, by Ilan GaribiBook cover © Ilan Garibi Ilan Garibi just published his book, O...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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 ...
Introducing Building Block Units
My article, Introducing Building Block Units, was published in The Fold. This text describes my Building Block Units (BBUs) a...
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...