Welcome to Origamido Studio!

Michael LaFosse has been creating origami fine art from his handmade papers since 1974. With Richard Alexander, he founded the Origamido Studio, located for 12 years in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Both biologists, they specialize in natural history art and have collaborated with other origami designers and fine artists to produce or contribute to major exhibits of origami fine art around the world.

LaFosse and Alexander have been teaching origami through video since 1992, and have authored dozens of books and kits on paperfolding, and hand papermaking for origami artists. They offer a wide variety of Michael LaFosse's unique Origami DVD videos, books and kits in the on-line catalog section of this webpage. Please explore the website galleries and catalog. Contact us for more information.

 

DVDs

Origamido Studio's Private Lessons on Video DVD! [Go to DVD selection now]

 

News & Events

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between the folds film"Between the Folds" a documentary film about origami art : Between the Folds

Opens with a segment featuring Origamido Studio artists, Michael LaFosse and Richard Alexander.  Vanessa Gould, Brooklyn filmmaker, spent five years researching the lives and motivations of ten international Origami masters. The film has been garnering great praise as it tours film festivals across the United States!
Visit Green Fuse Films for up-to-date information about this film.

Origami Art BookOrigami Art: 15 Exquisite Folded Paper Designs from the Origamido Studio
So many of you enjoyed the 15 models in Advanced Origami, now see what our latest book has to offer! [Go to the Origami ART book E-Gallery...]

 

Michael G. LaFosse's Origami Butterfly Design System (Book)
Michael G. LaFosse's Origami Butterflies: a Field of Discovery through a System of Design, is back in stock. Richard Alexander explains the cause and effect at each major decision point in the LaFosse Butterfly Design System to empower the folder to mix and match techniques to create wonderful variations of elegant butterflies.

E-Gallery for Advanced Origami
Curious about the models in our book, Advanced Origami? We've put together an e-gallery with color photos of all the models, and included the descriptive text used in the book for each model to give you a better feel for the contents. [Go to the Advanced Origami E-Gallery...]



japanese paper crafting E-Gallery for Japanese Paper Crafting
Curious about the models in our book, Japanese Papercrafting? We've put together an e-gallery with color photos of all the models to give you a better feel for the contents. [Go to the Japanese Paper Crafting E-Gallery...]

 

 

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