LaFosse & Alexander's Origami Jewelry. Richard Alexander

      Dedication

      We lovingly dedicate this collection to our mothers, Irene Alexander and Betty LaFosse; and to our sisters, Sally Acomb, Susan LaFosse, and Mary Silsbe. We grew up watching them craft, sew, quilt, crochet, and even make jewelry. As a child, I watched my mom, Irene, inspect bolts of woolen fabrics and blends, draping them over her arm, imagining the look and feel of a finished garment. Her sense of style and attention to quality also influenced my siblings: Sally’s sense of color and composition is evident in her prize-winning art quilts. Mary’s love for elegant jewelry lead her to design what she envisioned, but could not find in the stores, and so she became an expert at silver wire wrapping.

      Acknowledgments

      For decades, our friends and fellow folders have inspired us with their origami jewelry creations: Steve Matheson, Adam Winslow, John Giles, Wensdy Whitehead, Mary Ann Scheblein-Dawson, Brian Kollins, Mark Kennedy, and Jonathan Baxter were just some of the artists who created distinctive pins and earrings that we offered at Origamido’s public storefront studios, galleries, and shops in Massachusetts and Hawai‘i. Working with them has caused us to think long and hard about the best role of folded paper in the world of jewelry.

      We owe our gratitude to our late friend, Anthony Matosich,

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