- Toshi Aoyagi
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Avid origami promoter and liaison between Japanese and North American
Folders. From Toronto, ON.
- Jean Baden-Gillette
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At the Spaghetti Warehouse in Charlotte, NC, during The First
Southeastern Origami Festival.
President of Origami USA (OUSA). I hope she doesn't kill me for this
picture!
- Peter Budai
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Origami wiz-kid from Hungary. Peter published his first book when he was 12!
- V'ann Cornelius
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Maintainer of the origami model index database, and an untiring
origami promoter.
- Tomoko Fuse
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Famous for her many books on modular origami and origami boxes.
- Paul Jackson
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At the SE Origami Festival.
A prolific origami author from England, shown here teaching his
"whizzer".
- Toshikazu Kawasaki (and wife Junko)
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Member of the Origami Tanteidan (Origami Detectives).
Mathematics professor, creator of the famous rose and master of
origami math.
- Mark Kennedy
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Very active in OUSA. Maker of origami jewelry.
- Tamiko Kikukawa
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At the SE Origami Festival.
Sister-in-law of Akira Yoshizawa teaching his style of origami at
the festival.
- Michael LaFosse
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
The ever-flamboyant professional paper artist about to teach his
Happy Good Luck Bat.
- Jun Maekawa
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Member of the Origami Tanteidan. Another origami mathematician
with several theorems to his credit.
- Steve Matheson
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
A Canadian professional folder, specializing in origami jewelry.
- John Montroll
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
A prolific origami author whose models seem to form the line that a
folder must cross before being able claim to be a folder of complex models.
- Michael Shall
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
The seemingly tireless President Emeritus of OUSA. Michael lost his
fight with cancer on February 9, 1995. The world is a sadder place
without his exuberance and joy. His wacky spirit can be clearly seen in
his choice of socks in this photograph.
- Herman van Goubergen
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
A paperfolder from Belgium who limits his creations to one each year
so that he can come up with such masterpieces as a man Reading the
Newspaper and Lizard and Fly on a Wall (both out of a single
sheet of uncut paper).
- Martin Wall
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
A British folder known for his deceptively simple-looking, but
technically fascinating, models.
- Makoto Yamaguchi (and wife)
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Member of the Origami Tanteidan. Owner of the Origami
Gallery House in Tokyo, the only art gallery in the world devoted
exclusively to origami. Experimenter in different media for origami such
as cloth, wire mesh, and pasta. Author of many introductory origami books.
- Akira Yoshizawa
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The acknowledged grandmaster of origami, the father of modern
creative origami. For more information, see
a brief history of origami.
- The Imagiro Bunch
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At the OUSA Convention '94 in New York.
Imagiro is an origami-centered amateur press alliance (APA).
Its members produce a self-published magazine every two months.
From left to right: Kay Eng, Tom Hull, Tom Stamm, Joseph Wu,
Lillian Sun, Dan Cohen, Michael Naughton.
- Mette Pederson, Courtney Spooner, Cynthia Pettit
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At the SE Origami Festival.
I was the guest of these three North Carolina folders while I was
at the Festival.
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