where to study origami

[flobarraza]

i want to now where can i study origami, im from argentina but im wondering to travel and study. is there any recomendable school or workshop?

[Ondrej.Cibulka]

You can study origami in my course. But it is only for beginners.

(It is a joke, I live in Praha in the central Europe).

[SpecialOrigami]

Theres also some websites on the web that you can learn from.

[nonkelgans]

Surely there must be some secret Origami school much like those shaolin schools.

[HankSimon]

I have heard that one place where the training of Origami Zen is strong, is near Boston in the US.

- Hank Simon

"When you can make the paper to fold the frog, you will have learned."

[origami_8]

To give you at least one serious answer, most of us taught us everything we know ourselfs, be it from books or Internet. There may be courses on adult education centres, but most of them will only be for the beginner. You can try to find an Origami group nearby that has regular meetings, or try to educate yourself. On the Internet there are plenty of diagrams from simple to complex. There are good sites explaining the basics (symbols, basic folds,...) and videos showing you how to do it. YouTube is your friend.
If you describe a bit further what exactly you want to learn, maybe we can give you some advices. If you look out for books, you may consider reading through Gilad Aharoni's book descriptions: http://giladorigami.com/

[mike352]

Conventions are a great place to learn a lot, but they only last a couple of days.

Hank's suggestion about Boston is in reference to Michael LaFosse's studio, which is now located in Hawaii. It is certainly recommended. Other origami professionals offer classes, including Nicolas Terry.

Satoshi Kamiya traveled around to different origami organizations for a while one year, including an internship at OrigamiUSA for a while.

Also, the Japanese origami society JOAS sponsors upcoming, promising masters to go to Japan for a time through the Yoshino Issei Fund. Brian Chan and Daniel Robinson have gone there.

Most people, though, learn through a mixture of experimenting, books, online communities, and local folding groups.

[HankSimon]

RE: Michael Lafosse, Mike352 is right about my "Shaolin" reference. However, I'm a little confused about location. Origamido was in Hawaii, then moved back to Haverhill (near Boston) right now - I think - Not sure if they are moving back to Hawaii permanently ?

Satoshi Kamiya also learned papermaking from Lafosse.

As for learning... some people have practiced progressively with books such as (anything by) Harbin, (most books by) Montroll, Lang's Origami Design Secrets, Creating Origami by JC Nolan, Folding Universe by Engel, Genuine Origami by Maekawa.

Michael Lafosse has a nice Web site with videos of his designs: http://www.pem.org/origami/

Sara Adams has a collection of videos from many artists:
http://www.happyfolding.com/instructions

To repeat the question: What would you like to learn ?

- Hank Simon

[mike352]

Hmmm - well, as far as I knew, the move to Hawaii was permanent. On their website, it appears that they're only back to Boston area temporarily. Also, they only just opened up their studio in Hawaii last December, so it wouldn't make too much sense to come back so soon. They'll probably update their website sometime soon with information ...

[origami_8]

I also understood that their move to Hawaii was permanent, but according to their website they are back in Massachusetts until the end of the Spring 2009 School Season: http://origamido.com/

[Piotzintli]

Is the first time I listen about schools of origami, nevertheles I also think that are a great variety of sites where you can find diagrams, tips and techniques of origami. I think the principal is learn to do basics fold, so the major of diagrams describes the models by basics folds.

For beginners like me I found this sites where describes the principal basic folds...

http://www.flaten.no/bilder/symboler.pdf