Japanese Hospital Uses Miniature Sushi and Origami to Test Surgery Interns
Instead of testing potential interns’ surgery skills on real patients, a Japanese hospital devised an innovative examination process that involves miniature origami and sushi! The Kurashiki Central Hospital, in southern Japan offers one of the best surgical internship programs in the country, but medical students who want to secure a position here have to prove […]
Russian Teacher Creates Mind-Blowing Modular Origami Models of Famous Cathedrals
42-year-old Sergei Tarasov, a school teacher from the Russian village of Tigritskoe, has recently completed an incredibly detailed modular origami model of Moscow’s St. Basil cathedral, from over 10,000 A4 sheets of paper. Origami is as hard as it is impressive, and it just amazes me how some people can just take some common pieces of […]
Renzuru Paper Folding, or Origami on Steroids
If you thought Origami was hard, that the advanced form called Renzuru will probably seem impossible This centuries-old Japanese art form involves folding multiple cranes from a single piece of paper, ensuring that they remain connected with each other. Renzuru, which is roughly translated as “consecutive crane” can be traced back to the Edo period […]
Artist Folds Realistic Insects from a Single Sheet of Paper
As real as these insects might look, they are actually made from a single sheet of paper, expertly folded by origami master, Brian Chan. I’ve been staring at Brian Chan’s creations for a while, and I still find it mind-boggling how someone can produce such realistic work by folding a simple piece of paper. But […]
The Miniature Origami Wonders of Anja Markiewicz
Regular size origami is just impossible to me, so I guess that’s why I find these nano-paper-wonders created by Anja Markiewicz simply fascinating. We’ve featured some pretty impressive examples of origami, including the paper miniatures of Mui-Ling Teh, and the miniatures Anja Markiewicz creates are a welcome addition to our collection. She painstakingly folds almost […]
The Mind-Blowing Origami Sculptures of Eric Joisel
Eric Joisel was one of the most gifted origami artists the world has ever seen, and even though he recently passed away, he lives on through his amazing folded paper masterpieces. Eric Joisel dedicated most of his life to art, in many of its forms, including drawing and sculpting. He took up origami in 1983, […]
The Origami Architecture of Ingrid Siliakus
Ingrid Siliakus carefully cuts and folds layers upon layers of paper, to create some of the most amazing origami building designs. The Dutch artist has been fascinated with paper architecture, ever since she first set eyes on the work of Japanese professor, Masahiro Chatani, who invented this art form, in the early 1980s. She studied […]
The Origami of Mui-Ling Teh – the True Story in Her Own Words
23-year-old Mui-Ling Teh enjoys folding miniature origami creations and talking up close photos of them to tell a story. More information about her work is available at her online gallery where she sells cards, calendars and more items of her work. She also sells additional items at her Zazzle Store. In February 2010, she was featured […]
Star Wars origami
Star Wars isn’t exactly one of my favorite films of all times, so I can’t say I’m really impressed by all these little paper foldings. I am however surprised to see people have enough time on their hands to actually sit down and start folding pieces of paper into Star-Wars memorabilia…Get a job!