Contents

Origami as Expressive Art

The Global Origami Movement

An Inspirational “LaFossophy” of Origami

Folding Socially

It’s All About the Art

Practical Considerations

Choosing and Preparing Your Origami Paper

Origami Preservation

Showing Your Origami Pieces in Public

Selling Your Origami Art

Achieving Elegance in Your Folded Art

A Guide to Origami Diagrams and Symbols

The Projects

The Japanese Crane

Lessons from the Heart

Anne LaVin’s Squirrel

The Great White Shark

The Elegant - Simple Hummingbird

The Dim Sum Bun

Ambrose the Skunk

A Seahorse for Al Miyatake

Humuhumunukunukuapua‘a

Yellow Tang for Mariko

Foley (or FOALie) the Pony

The Happy Good-Luck Bat

The Alexander Aztec Swallowtail Butterfly

The Wedding Orchid

Enough of this Cat!

The Leatherback Sea Turtle

Acknowledgments