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Nick has been folding paper since the early 80s and has been a member of the British Origami Society for over 40 years. He served on their council for over 30 and was editor of their bimonthly magazine as well as maintaining their web site for over 20 years. In 2004 he was awarded the “Sidney French medal” – the highest award the society can offer, in recognition of “his outstanding contribution to origami.” In 2010 he was made an honorary member of the Society and served as their president.
He has been a professional origami teacher since the 80s, travelling to schools, libraries, youth clubs, hospitals and art galleries, teaching origami and paper artwork. He runs sessions with people of all ages and physical abilities. Tutees have included both visually and hearing impaired.
Nick have taught and lectured on origami all round the world, including America, Ireland, France, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Japan. He has appeared on television in England and Germany, and fulfilled numerous commissions for magazine, television and internet advertising campaigns.
His creative style is both simple and elegant - over 300 of his original origami creations have been published in 13 countries around the world, including a Japanese newspaper. He has submitted work to many prestigious exhibitions around the world and in 1994 won three of the five categories for the International Alice in Wonderland Origami competition. His origami website is www.nickorigami.com where you can find out everything you need to know (and more). He is active on Facebook under “NickOrigami.”
He has written and illustrated over 130 origami books, making him by some margin the most published origami author in England. He is in his late 60s and lives in Sheffield, England with wife Alison, grown-up children Daisy and Nick plus cats Rhubarb & Pickle and dog Ralph. A former professional musician Nick still performs solo ambient guitar concerts (www.nickrobinson.co.uk) and records/performs with his band Das Ras (www.dasrad.uk)
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The seated meditating Buddha is a popular sculptural figurine, conveying an ambience of sacred peace and love. Such an ornament is a perfect reminder, for tabletop or mantelpiece, of life’s higher values. Rendered in origami, a seated Buddha gives you the added satisfaction of being the product of your own mindful workmanship. It’s an ambitious project. But if you build up to this level gradually, by way of crafting simple Buddhist...
World's Best Origami is an amazing collection of more than 100 of the most unusual and best-loved origami patterns ever created. Expert origami artist Nick Robinson has collected traditional origami patterns as well as his own pieces and those from some of the greatest origami artists in the world- many in print here for the first time ever.
• More than 100 pieces-the most comprehensive origami book on the market...
Love origami, but frightened off by those strange dotted lines and shaded areas that make it seem like a bizarre geometry exercise? Absolute Beginner’s Origami calms those fears, using a remarkable three-step system and step-by-step full-color photos to guide readers into the basics of folding, through intermediate steps, and on to putting it all together to make real origami. Twenty enchanting designs are presented...
