Seeking a pet project to lift his sullen spirits, self-taught origami artist Cristian Marianciuc proposed to fold 100 paper cranes in 100 days. But after finishing, it seemed a shame to stop there and he was driven to keep making cranes. One hundred cranes became one thousand. And eventually, his hobby turned into a rare…
Self-Taught Origami Artist Folds Exquisitely Intricate Paper Cranes to Inspire Hope and Light in People’s Lives
PHOTOS: Self-Taught Artist Makes Incredible Origami Creatures From Single Sheets of Paper
A self-taught artist has crafted a colorful menagerie of fanciful and realistic origami creatures. Some are palm-sized, some life-sized, and all represent the artist’s personal philosophy: “If it makes you feel happy, go for it!” Romanian artist Patrick Alberto Vraja, 25, grew up in the city of Sighetu Marmației and recalls being entranced by paper…
Artist Hand Cuts 3-Dimensional Animals From a Single Sheet of Paper
The beauty and detail of her art will leave you stunned. (Video courtesy of Masayo Fukuda) …
2 Origami Warriors Folded From a Single Sheet of Paper—Check Out the Incredible Details
The scene: two knights face off in an intense battle; one knight slashes with his longsword while the other crouches to block the hit with a round shield. “Both are shouting with their mouths open while the capes are flowing in the action and the wind. The shielded knight has scaled armor with many rectangular…
Origami Artist Creates Mind-Blowing Medieval Knight With Sword and Shield From Single Piece of Paper
The Japanese artform of origami is a craft of elegant simplicity, and any hopeful origami practitioner knows the challenges in creating artwork from folding a single piece of paper. One professional origami artists from Finland, Juho Könkkölä, who’s enjoyed origami from a very young age, started innovating sophisticated origami fantasy figures “out of boredom” in…
Japanese Artist Turns Thousands of Miniature Origami Cranes Into Symbolic Bonsai Trees
A Japanese artist who always considered the origami crane to be tightly linked to war and peace is now giving a new meaning to it by incorporating thousands of them into his works of art. Tiny, hand-folded paper cranes take on new life as “leaves” on the branches of bonsai-style tree sculptures, inviting viewers into…
Finnish Origami Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Samurai Warriors From a Single Sheet of Paper
Origami is an awe-inspiring Japanese artform that uses a single square piece of paper to create everything from paper cranes to little boats that float. But one artist from Finland is taking his origami creations to the next level with incredibly intricate figurines created from just a single sheet of paper. Juho Könkkölä, from Jyväskylä,…
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