I am a Chicago based origami artist. I create figurative models, often incorporating multiple subjects into a single piece. Everything here is from a single sheet of paper, no cuts.

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Index

Walking Red Flag
Hanging up the Mask
Ship in a Bottle
Sky’s the Limit
Sinking Feeling
Stargazing
Whitetail Fawn
Fish out of Water
Hanging by a Thread

Walking Red Flag

Some things are better left avoided, and if you're lucky, they'll tell you to stay away. Most of this model is pretty straightforward to fold, except for the arm holding a smaller red flag.

Designed: 07/17/25

Hanging up the Mask

Comedy never looked so tragic. On a related note, properly shaping this model is a nightmare, probably because I'm bad at masks.

Designed: 06/28/25

Ship in a Bottle

Sometimes, I can still see that ship braving the ocean waves. I suppose it's technically only half a bottle, but if I made the whole bottle, then you wouldn't be able to see the ship.

Designed: 06/02/25

Crease pattern of origami ship in a bottle.

Sky's the Limit

In series with Sinking Feeling, this is meta origami with a non-standard model. Also, yes, it does fly.

Designed: 05/10/25

Crease pattern of origami plane and pilot.

Sinking Feeling

In series with Sky's the Limit. Meta origami models are so fun, but they typically focus on cranes or blank pieces of paper. There are very few models that incorporate the traditional boat, so I designed a model that had two.

Designed: 09/20/24

Crease pattern of origami boat and sailor.

Stargazing

Alternate title: the universe observing itself. Origami seems like a fitting medium for this idea, since both the observer (telescope) and the universe (night sky) are folded from the same sheet of paper.

Designed: 09/06/24

Crease pattern of origami telescope and night sky.

Whitetail Fawn

Designed as a celebration of the past summer, I took a slight departure from my previous subjects and paradigms. The result is this simple baby deer.

Designed: 08/18/24

Crease pattern of origami whitetail fawn.

Fish out of Water

A bit of an absurdist take on the phrase, I wanted to use my humanoid design skills to make the fish vaguely anthropomorphic. The umbrella uses a similar structure to the one in "Walking in the Rain" by Chen Xiao.

Designed: 08/14/24

Crease pattern of origami fish holding an umbrella.

Hanging by a Thread

Won the July 2024 Origami-Dan design contest. To some degree, I was inspired by Banksy's "Girl with Balloon", which informed my color choice in the final fold.

Designed: 07/24/24

Crease pattern of origami person hanging by balloon.

These are just my most recent works. Older ones can be found here.