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Acknowledgments

For decades, our friends and fellow folders have inspired us with their origami jewelry creations: Steve Matheson, Adam Winslow, John Giles, Wensdy Whitehead, Mary Ann Scheblein-Dawson, Brian Kollins, Mark Kennedy, and Jonathan Baxter were just some of the artists who created distinctive pins and earrings that we offered at Origamido’s public storefront studios, galleries, and shops in Massachusetts and Hawai‘i. Working with them has caused us to think long and hard about the best role of folded paper in the world of jewelry.

We owe our gratitude to our late friend, Anthony Matosich, who was an origami jewelry pioneer. Although Tony and I had lived a few miles apart, we only met in 1990, when he was folding and selling his origami jewelry from a Boston Haymarket pushcart near Faneuil Hall. Our friendship led to a co-production of our first beginner’s origami lessons on video, in 1991. Tony quickly sold out our first run at his Origami Store in Boston. Michael and I were approached soon after to produce the first beginner’s origami video kit for QVC!

We also thank Joyce Saler, a dear friend and folder, and a strong advocate of the delightfully simple designs of our mutual friends, the late Ranana Benjamin and Florence Temko. Joyce particularly enjoyed the fun of folding with beginners. She promoted the use of Velcro dots so that even the youngest folders could create cheerful origami “jewelry” to share and wear on jackets, headbands, and backpacks-- an easy way to accessorize outfits for various moods or occasions.

We also thank our jewelry customers. Their discerning tastes and concerns for durability greatly influenced the scope and content of this book.

Finally, we wish to thank our capable and patient editor, Jon Steever, and his entire team at Tuttle Publishing for keeping faith through the many stages of this project.