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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 ...
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]
Yuya Yagira (柳楽 優弥, Yagira Yūya, born March 26, 1990) is a Japanese actor. In 2004, he became the youngest winner of the Best Actor award [1] in the history of the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of 12-year-old Akira in the highly acclaimed Nobody Knows.
He first discovered in the 1980s the unique forms created with paper by Akira Yoshizawa, the Japanese grandmaster of origami who had created more than 50,000 models, developing the wet-folding method that allowed for the creation of three-dimensional rounded sculptures. Joisel was taken by the way the Yoshizawa's works blended classical origami ...
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.
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
Aaron Phypers is being sued for alleged fraud and breach of oral contract.. A lawsuit against Phypers, who is married to actress Denise Richards, was filed on Nov. 13, 2024, accusing him of ...
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.