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Akira Yoshizawa (吉澤 章, Yoshizawa Akira, 14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005) was a Japanese origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is credited ...
Akira Yoshizawa: Origami master 2005-03-14 Died in hospital in Ogikubo, on his 94th birthday. Louis Zamperini: Olympic Athlete and World War 2 prisoner of war 2014-07-02 Died at his home in Los Angeles, California, at age 97.
Wet-folding is an origami technique developed by Akira Yoshizawa that employs water to dampen the paper so that it can be manipulated more easily. This process adds an element of sculpture to origami, which is otherwise purely geometric.
Samuel L Randlett (January 11, 1930 – July 2023) was an American origami artist who helped develop the modern system for diagramming origami folds. Together with Robert Harbin he developed the notation introduced by Akira Yoshizawa to form what is now called the Yoshizawa-Randlett system (sometimes known as Yoshizawa-Randlett-Harbin system). [1]
Yoshizawa (written: 吉沢, 吉澤 or 芳沢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Akie Yoshizawa (吉沢 秋絵, born 1968), Japanese idol, singer and actress; Akiho Yoshizawa (吉沢 明歩, born 1984), Japanese gravure idol and AV actress; Akira Yoshizawa (吉澤 章, 1911–2005), Japanese origamist
George Rhoads (January 27, 1926 – July 9, 2021) was a contemporary American painter, sculptor and origami master. He was best known for his whimsical audiokinetic sculptures in airports, science museums, shopping malls, children's hospitals, and other public places throughout the world.
Robert James Lang (born May 4, 1961) [citation needed] is an American physicist who is also one of the foremost origami artists and theorists in the world. He is known for his complex and elegant designs, most notably of insects and animals.
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