Workshop Overview
Traditional Masa Box, Baggi’s Box (Giuseppi Baggi)
Boxes are always handy to have around and you’ll fold them using fine papers making them more valuable and precious. Easy and fun but still impressive for holding gifts or your valuables.
*Sources:
Crease + Fold, Sok Song
Encyclopedia of Origami Techniques, Nick Robinson
For more workshops in this series, visit our ORIGAMI: Let it Enhance Your Life Workshop Series page.
About the Instructor
Talo Kawasaki
Origami Instructor
Talo Kawasaki is a Nisei born in New Orleans to parents who immigrated there and works 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. The video alone has had over 1 million viewers. Talo is currently a co-designer for the American Museum of Natural History’s origami holiday tree, a 13 ft tall tree decorated with over 1,000 incredible animals and natural forms. He’s a member of and contributing creator of models to OrigamiUSA, the national organization promoting origami and locally with the Origami Meet up Group (OMG) who meet regularly twice a week to fold and teach in NYC.
