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INTRODUCTION

The Origamido Studio was a great place to visit to learn anything about origami. To fulfill this broad mission, Origamido founders, Michael G. La-Fosse and Richard L. Alexander, found themselves in many roles at different times. Sometimes they were artists, designers, papermakers, authors, and gallery operators. More often than not, they were also educators, lecturers, and performers.

For more than a dozen years, Origamido was a favorite stop in the Win-gate Street Arts District in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Perhaps the fondest memories of a youngster’s visit to Origamido Studio involve folding a simple origami model, learned through one of the founder’s often amusing, but mentally vivid, short stories or poems. This technique, called “Story-gami,” was made popular in the USA professionally, by Lillian Oppenheimer and Shari Lewis, during the 1960s. Lafosse and Alexander developed all of the basic stories presented, though their friends and students may have helped refine details during countless, laughter-filled, Thursday Night Beginners’ Walk-In Origami sessions held at the Origamido Studio.

Typically, people interested in learning origami often purchase books or paper kits with diagrams. This solves the problem of memorizing a long folding sequence, but when the drawings are too difficult for the average person to understand, the student becomes frustrated. Showing the Story-gami on the video in this kit makes it is easier to see what is going on. The student can learn at their own pace, stopping and repeating a video sequence as many times as necessary, without trying the patience of the instructor. The camera can zoom in and show detail more easily than one can often see in person. Origami video customers have found that, after watching our video performances, they were then able to better understand the steps shown in their previously purchased origami books and kits.

We hope you find that these stories and performances inspire a fresh and engaging approach to classroom activities, while hopefully affording the students a creative, fun activity. This selection of models is great for those with little, or no previous folding experience, but it is also for adults who enjoy sharing the joys of origami with beginners. We hope Story-gami will become a favorite addition to the classroom, and also a popular pastime for people of all ages when they gather with family and friends.