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Dedication
Origami, or paper folding, has been a decorative craft for hundreds of years, but only recently has it been recognized as a creative, expressive art. In only the last few decades, a vibrant international community of origami artists has flourished, thanks to the help from selfless artists, authors, and origami ambassadors. Michael LaFosse has designed and named origami butterflies to honor their pioneering work. While some are still active, others have sadly passed from our embrace—but not from our hearts. This book is lovingly dedicated as a memorial to the contributions of the late: Akira Yoshizawa, Lillian Oppenheimer, Alice Gray, Michael Shall, Eric Joisel, Emiko Kruckner, Killian Mansfield, Florence Temko, Joyce Rockmore, and V’Ann Cornelius.
The Mudarri Luna Moth and a Guy Kawasaki Swallowtail.
Acknowledgments
We thank Tuttle Publishing for the opportunity to revisit our origami butterfly designs with both diagrams and video instructions to make these projects more accessible and enjoyable. We are grateful to our editor, Jon Steever, for his expert guidance and careful editing, and to the rest of the talented Tuttle team. We gratefully acknowledge the graphics design work of Greg Mudarri, who helped us with our first book of origami butterfly designs at Origamido Studio, and we thank him for his past contributions and continued friendship. Finally, these designs could not have been developed without the inspirational works of Akira Yoshizawa, who also influenced Russell Cashdollar. Their prior origami butterfly designs provided both seed and fertilizer for this Field of Discovery!
The tessellated fabric background is “Dodecagon Whirl Spools,” folded silk, from Shadowfolds by Chris K. Palmer.
Contents
The Metamorphosis of an Origami Artist
The Exciting World of Origami Butterflies
Origami Butterflies Have So Many Uses!
Using Fine Quality Art Materials
Before being spent, a piece of paper currency rests briefly in the form of an origami butterfly.
