Trident Beads
page 47
Preliminary Form Connectors
page 23
Teardrop Beads with Tabs
page 37
Triangle Beads
page 28
Barrel Beads
page 30
Lantern Beads
page 31
Teardrop Beads
page 32
Blossom Beads
page 33
Twin Arrowhead Beads
page 44
Owl Beads
page 43
Duo Kite Beads
page 45
Beads
page 39
Lantern Beads with Tabs
page 37
Barrel Beads with Tabs
page 36
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Dedication
We lovingly dedicate this collection to our mothers, Irene Alexander and Betty LaFosse; and to our sisters, Sally Acomb, Susan LaFosse, and Mary Silsbe. We grew up watching them craft, sew, quilt, crochet, and even make jewelry. As a child, I watched my mom, Irene, inspect bolts of woolen fabrics and blends, draping them over her arm, imagining the look and feel of a finished garment. Her sense of style and attention to quality also influenced my siblings: Sally’s sense of color and composition is evident in her prize-winning art quilts. Mary’s love for elegant jewelry lead her to design what she envisioned, but could not find in the stores, and so she became an expert at silver wire wrapping.
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.
The Origamido Studio
Some of the most popular purchases from the Origamido Studio are stunning pieces of origami jewelry. We fold many, but not most, of the pieces we sell. Artist friends and students, after being inspired at a class, or by one of our designs, often bring their expertly crafted paper jewelry to display proudly for purchase in our showcase.
The Origamido shops in Boston, Massachusetts and Hawai‘i.
Our jewelry customers return often, bringing family members or friends to see what’s new in the case. They are often wearing pieces from earlier visits, but sometimes sporting new pieces of their own design.
We wrote this book for the jewelry-making novice and expert alike. Anyone hoping to incorporate beautiful papers