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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book would not have been possible if not for the help and input from Richard L. Alexander and Greg Mudarri, my colleagues at Origamido Studio. They helped me with the text, the photos, and even the selection, design, and testing of the projects.

First, I would like to thank Richard, my partner and co-founder of Origamido Studio, who took over many of the origami teaching duties as I worked out the diagrams and the how-to steps. He also took most of the photographs, juried the projects, and helped select the washi we used to make them.

I am also indebted to Greg Mudarri, who had recently returned from a fifteen-month stay in Japan where he was teaching English and folding paper. Greg had been studying and working with us since 2003, so he was able to jump right in and lend his expertise for the presentation of the traditional projects that I wanted to show in this book, including the Noshi and Senbazuru projects.

Finally, I would like to thank Holly Jennings and Sandra Korinchak, senior editors at Tuttle Publishing, for their patience and guidance through the process. Tuttle has been a great friend to people who love fine paper, paperfolding, and the simple elegance of traditional Japanese culture. I am grateful they gave me the opportunity to create such an interesting collection of beautiful, useful, and fun projects.