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    Tomoko Fuse's Origami Art: Works by a Modern Master
    Tomoko Fuse's Origami Art: Works by a Modern Master
    Tomoko Fuse's Origami Art: Works by a Modern Master
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    Tomoko Fuse's Origami Art: Works by a Modern Master

    By Tomoko Fuse, David Brill and Robert Lang

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    Tomoko Fuse has been one of the world's premier origami artists for more than 35 years. This beautifully photographed book examines the three-dimensional geometric designs she is famous for.

    Fuse, often referred to as "the queen of origami," discovered the art of folding paper at just seven years old. She has come a long way since then, having had her work highlighted in exhibitions around the world, including Paris Origami (Carrousel du Louvre, 1998), On Paper (Crafts Council London, 2002) and her solo show Yorokobi (Bauhaus Dessau, 2004).

    In addition to teaching, folding and writing, she also collaborated with designer Denis Guidone for Milan Design Week 2018 and was a featured artist in Nova's episode "The Origami Revolution" (February, 2017).

    An artistic anthology of her most impressive work, Tomoko Fuse's Origami Art can serve multiple purposes: as inspiration for an experienced origami folder; as a truly impressive coffee table book for the artistically-minded; or as a push for intermediate folders to try their hand at modular origami models.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTuttle Publishing
    Release dateMay 19, 2020
    ISBN9781462921638
    Tomoko Fuse's Origami Art: Works by a Modern Master

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    Tomoko Fuse's Origami Art - Tomoko Fuse

    RED PARK MIXING TECHNIQUE

    41.5 x 24.8 inches (1055 x 630 mm)

    PAPER Washi/Hamada, Kochi

    Few origami artists have been as accomplished in as wide a range of styles, constantly pushing the boundaries on uncharted approaches. Fuse’s style is so rich, her geometric forms have an organic feel. This book also showcases the incredible execution of her works, clearly demonstrating her worthiness of the title of ‘Origami Master.’

    MARC KIRSCHENBAUM, AMERICAN ORIGAMI ARTIST AND AUTHOR OF ORIGAMI IN AN INSTANT

    "The ‘queen of origami’ opens her treasure chest and shows us her incredible paper jewels, one by one. But this is not simply paper; it is art! Tomoko Fuse transforms a simple sheet into a tapestry, a painting, an expanding universe, into a triumph of intriguing and splendid forms that inevitably attract and overwhelm us with their beauty, like a roaring train. In a certain sense, origami offers a third way to art, it is transformative … and what a spectacle!

    The origami in this book is of a higher level, a purely artistic origami."

    FRANCESCO DECIO AND VANDA BATTAGLIA, ITALIAN ORIGAMI ARTISTS AND AUTHORS OF LEZIONI DI ORIGAMI [ORIGAMI LESSONS]

    OROCHI

    Big

    Diameter 8.9 inches (227 mm)

    Small

    Diameter 5.9 inches (150 mm)

    DROP

    Height x Diameter

    30 x 8.7 inches (760 x 220 mm)

    CONTENTS

    AN ART WITH RULES

    Tomoko Fuse

    ORIGAMI AS ART

    Hideto Fuse

    TOMOKO FUSE: A MODERN MASTER

    Dr. Robert J. Lang

    TOMOKO FUSE: BIOGRAPHY

    CHAPTER 1 CONSTRUCTING WITH THE KNOT

    CHAPTER 2 TESSELLATIONS

    CHAPTER 3 INFINITE FOLDS

    CHAPTER 4 REPETITIVE FOLDING

    CHAPTER 5 THE LIGHT BEHIND THE FOLDS

    METHODS AND INSTRUCTIONS

    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS/ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

    MODELING WITH SWALLOW 45

    WHIRL 3

    Height x Diameter

    7.9 x 51.1 inches (200 x 1300 mm)

    AN ART WITH RULES

    Origami is not an art without rules. Constraints and restrictions begin at the very moment that we make the first crease in the sheet. As we proceed to fold, the field of possibilities begins to narrow until only that particular form becomes possible. But if we get it right, the result leaves us breathless. What a great joy it is whenever an entire world is uncovered through a brief series of gestures.

    Not necessarily everything begins with a preliminary design and plan for a specific object to be attained. An idea can easily pop up even at a seemingly insignificant moment, when, for example, we suddenly decide to flatten a certain fold or twist a certain element, or get an urge to roll up an edge or perhaps bend a component in half, and then in half again. We think as we fold. Head and hand work together.

    The sensation that overcomes us as we perform one gesture after another is the desire not so much to create as to search and discover. Each time we make a fold in the right place and, by combining the various elements bit by bit, succeed in completing a model, we think to ourselves with great satisfaction, See! That’s how it’s done!

    Handling paper is not like handling clay. Some use both in the same manner, but that is not my philosophy. In fact, it is precisely because paper cannot be molded according to our wishes that heretofore unseen forms may emerge from it. My goal is never to impose a shape of something onto the paper, but rather the reverse, to discover the amazing forms that slowly take shape as I proceed to fold it. This is what truly fascinates me.

    Tomoko Fuse

    SNAKE

    Width x Height 5.3 x 3.7 inches (135 x 95 mm)

    ORIGAMI AS ART

    Among traditional handmade items used on a daily basis in Japan is the furoshiki, a bundle for holding and transporting goods, and the kimono, the country’s quintessential clothing item. In both, the most conspicuous formal quality is two-dimensionality.

    When fulfilling the task of wrapping contents (that

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