Welcome to Origamido Studio!

We specialize in original fine art, mostly of natural history subjects, and collaborate with other origami designers and fine artists to produce artworks of folded, custom, hand-made papers, exhibited at major showings of origami fine art around the world.

In addition to our fine art origami, we provide paper folding instruction and papermaking lessons, as well as custom origami design and exhibit services and origami art for advertising. We make and sell custom, archival origami art from our own, Origamido® Handmade Papers. We develop and publish our origami designs, including shooting and editing our own instructional video folding productions. View a limited selection of our beginners' origami instructions on Comcast on Demand, ActivityTV.com, and the Peabody Essex Museum.

Explore our publications in detail from the summaries below. You can also see our products Tuttle Publishing or use the Amazon.com tool, at the bottom of the page, to browse and buy directly. If you've any questions, we look forward to hearing from you!

Our Books and DVDs:

Planes for Brains Planes for Brains: 28 Innovative Origami Airplane Designs

Hardcover (8.5x10 inches, 96 pages) with DVD

Instructions for 28 fantastic origami airplanes in both print and DVD video format. You'll find that no fold is too complex when you're able to see, and fold along with master origami artist Michael G. LaFosse! [more...]

Ethan Plaut The Many Facets of Ethan Plaut (DVD)

90 minutes, menu-driven DVD

Learn Ethan's novel system for creating great geometric origami projects, and modify or design new modeuls by hybridizing bases. [more...]

Japanese Paper Crafting Japanese Paper Crafting

Hardcover (8.5x11 inches, 128 pages)

Learn about and make your own washi, Japan's special handmade paper, plus 17 beautiful paper crafts including classic origami cranes and variations, bowls, boxes and hand-bound books. [more...]

Geometric Origami Geometric Origami: The Art of Modular Paper Sculpture

Boxed Kit: paperback booklet, 192 sheets of folding paper, with DVD

This kit contains everything you need - 192 pieces of double-sided origami paper, a detailed full-color instruction booklet and a DVD with clear step-by-step video instructions. [more...]

Origami Stationery Origami Stationery Kit

Boxed kit (8.5x8.5 inches, 48 page booklet, 80 sheets of paper, folding tool)

Create elegant folded note cards and envelopes for a personal touch! Crystal-clear instructions for 15 creative note cards and holders, plus custom-designed papers will help you create memorable correspondence. [more...]

Origami Butterflies and Moths Origami Butterflies & Moths (DVD)

3 hours 15 minutes, menu-driven DVD

Fold along with master origami artist Michael G. LaFosse at your own pace with these 16 beautifully varied butterflies, moths and dragonfly! [more...]

Planes for Brains Trash Origami

Hardcover (8.5x11 inches, 96 pages) with DVD

Don't dump your wastepaper into the garbage - it's time to fold! Famed origami artists and award-winning authors Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander show you the way in Trash Origami with 25 fun and innovative origami projects. [more...]

Mini Money Origami Mini Money Origami

Boxed Kit: paperback booklet, 40 practice bills, with DVD

These fun dollar bill folding activities are sure to provide a wealth of enjoyment! Detailed print and DVD video instructions for each unique project. [more...]

Story-gami Story-gami Kit: Create Origami Using Folding Stories

Boxed kit (8.5x10.8 inches) 80 page book, origami paper packet, with DVD

Learn a great collection of origami models in both print and DVD video format. Through the mnemonic of storytelling, the authors make folding these sculptures easy and fun! [more...]

Money Origami Money Origami Kit

Boxed Kit: (8.3x8.3 inches), 64-page booklet, 60 practice bills, and with DVD

Easy-to-follow print and DVD video instructions for 21 fun and creative origami projects, plus 60 practice dollar bills. [more...]

Advanced Origami Advanced Origami

Hardcover (8.5x11 inches, 144 pages)

"An Artist's Guide to Performances in Paper," this book is packed with information: instructions for folding 15 advanced pieces, plus techniques for preparing commercial papers for your projects, wet-folding, and even making your own origami paper! [more...]

Origami Butterflies Kit Origami Butterflies Kit

Boxed kit (12.3x6.3 inches) two 32-page booklets, 96 sheets of folding paper

In addition to full instructions for 12 original butterflies, this kit teaches you the complete LaFosse Butterfly System, allowing you to move on to create your own new butterfly designs. [more...]

Origami Art Origami Art

Hardcover (8.5x11 inches, 144 pages)

Fifteen exquisite folded paper designs from the Origamido Studio. Also included are sections on paper selection, making your own paper, wetfolding and other surface decoration techniques, and much more! [more...]

Note: we're in the midst of adding more of our products to the website; check back frequently, or, if you can't find something you're looking for, please contact us!

News & Events

Happy Holidays!
 We enjoyed meeting, talking and folding with everyone at the Creative Haverhill Holiday Shop, and wish everyone a very Happy New Year!

ONGOING: School & Library Programs
We are back in Massachusetts!
Book your programs now for the 2011-2012 School Season! [learn more...]

ONGOING: Origami lessons!
By appointment only, at our Haverhill, MA Studio [learn more...]

dry paperONGOING: Origamido® Papers and Hand Papermaking
at our Haverhill, MA Studio
[learn more...]

We had a great time in Hawaii: have a virtual look at our Waikiki Gallery

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between the folds film"Between the Folds" wins a 2010 Peabody Award! (Read the article and purchase the DVD at the Between the Folds web site! Includes extra footage and interviews, including papermaking at Origamido Studio!

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