Workshop Overview
If you’re looking for some creative therapy and fun at home, try our special online origami workshops with a live instructor!
Making something unique with your own hands can be very fulfilling and origami is especially good for that. This is the ancient art of paperfolding, what the Japanese call “origami” – “ori” meaning “to fold” and “gami” meaning “paper.”
Things you’ll need should be easy to find at home or order from office & art supply stores: Scissors, Letter size or printer paper (white or colored sheets of U.S. 8.5 x 11 inches or International A4).
Optional: Paints, markers, brushes, paper towels and newspapers to cover table, etc.
Color printer: If you have a color printer at home, you can download the PDFs for printing paper to use for our origami.
FOR U.S. folders for Origami Snap Dragons
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/baex1kfttp83diy/AAC1vGyFrpUdXHdSFr34seqAa?dl=0
FOR INTERNATIONAL folders for Origami Snap Dragons
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6g8etmzb1wt5zul/AADg1b0fd6gLpAnr9kT2eWNBa?dl=0
FOR U.S. folders for Inspirational Origami
Be sure to download and print out both documents for both your fish and your water lily and lily pads.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fl73ns5cwczkneg/AACadjgnaSLywzrrerX1h8CTa?dl=0
FOR INTERNATIONAL folders for Inspirational Origami
Be sure to download and print out both documents for both your fish and your water lily and lily pads.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oceeo4i12ft4v49/AABLNKMdxHvhw0xUVG9bRkD_a?dl=0
Usually we would use colorful SQUARE paper, made specifically for origami. But actually most any paper will work with origami, including rectangular copier/printer paper. These online workshop sessions focus on using printer paper (both U.S. lettersize, 8.5 x 11 inches and International A4, 29.7 x 21 cm). Sometimes, you’ll need to cut the paper into a square but mostly, we’ll fold with just these rectanglar sheets for some real homebound fun and discover the “peace” of paper.
*Classes will be held via the ZOOM Video Conferencing app and a private Zoom link will be sent to participants before the 90+ minute sessions begin. (Classes are held in Eastern U.S. time.)
UPCOMING ORIGAMI SESSIONS
ORIGAMI SNAP DRAGONS
TIMES:
Session 1 on 2nd Thursday of the month — 11am (Eastern Time)
Session 2 on 2nd Thursday of the month — 8pm (Eastern Time)
CLASS FEE: $15
TICKETS: https://checkout.square.site/buy/YAHIMUHT6FA2IZSYEVNBXHMW
Learn to fold the traditional Snap Dragon/Gnasher modified to look like birds, dragons and dinos for fast snapping fun.
This online session involves regular printer paper (U.S. letter size & International A4). Download the PDF for origami similar to what is in the photo.
Please note which is the correct PDF for your size of paper. Or you can use pre- colored paper or some that you hand-painted yourself.
These are my variations of a popular traditional model and I will help you if you have any trouble as well as show you easy ways to color and enhance your paper.
INSPIRATIONAL ORIGAMI
TIMES:
Session 1 on 4th Thursday of the month — 11am (Eastern Time)
Session 2 on 4th Thursday of the month — 8pm (Eastern Time)
CLASS FEE: $15
TICKETS: https://checkout.square.site/buy/YAHIMUHT6FA2IZSYEVNBXHMW
Origami Lotus and lily pads with swimming koi (carp)
Lighten your heart during these dark times by folding water lilies and their leaves along with koi fish that have a delightful swimming action.
This online session involves regular printer paper (U.S. letter size & International A4). Download the PDF for origami similar to what is in the photo.
Please note which is the correct PDF for your size of paper. Or you can use pre- colored paper or some that you hand-painted yourself. I will demonstrate how I might color the paper as well as give you tips and tricks for the folding.
ORIGAMI CREATORS
Lotus: Traditional
Lily Pad: By Talo Kawasaki
Swimming Fish: By Paul Jackson, using my koi variation
About the Instructor
Talo Kawasaki
Origami Instructor
Talo Kawasaki is a Nisei in Brooklyn as a visual artist who splits his time between graphic design and origami. He’s best known online as the originator of the Patty Bat, an origami action model with realistic sounding flapping wings made with lettersize paper. (The video alone has had over 1 million viewers.) Talo is a co-designer for the American Museum of Natural History’s origami holiday tree, a 13 ft (4 meter) tall tree decorated with over 1,000 pieces of origami. He’s a member of and contributing creator of models to OrigamiUSA, the U.S. organization promoting origami and locally organizes the Origami Meet up Group (OMG NYC) who meet regularly and teach paperfolding now online.
