List of origamists

An origamist is a person who is associated with the art of origami. Some notable origamists are:

• Peter Engel – influential origami artist and theorist
• Tomoko Fuse (布施 知子) – famous for boxes and unit origami
• Robert Harbin – popularised origami in Britain; also presented a series of short programmes entitled Origami, made by Thames Television for ITV
• Humiaki Huzita – Formulated the first six of the Huzita–Hatori axioms
• Eric Joisel – French wet-folder renowned for his lifelike masks
• Satoshi Kamiya – One of the youngest geniuses of the origami field
• Kunihiko Kasahara – devised a standardized method for creating many modular polyhedra
• Toshikazu Kawasaki – Japanese mathematician famous for his Iso-area folding theory and his many geometric folds, including Kawasaki's "Rose"
• Marc Kirschenbaum – known for his instrumentalist designs
• Robert J. Lang – Author of many Origami books including the new benchmark Origami Design Secrets
• Ligia Montoya – Argentine paper-folder who played crucial role in establishing paper-folding as an international movement
• John Montroll – probably the most prolific Western artist and author of over 30 books on origami
• Samuel Randlett – helped design and popularize the Yoshizawa-Randlett diagramming system
• Nick Robinson – professional origami artist and author of over seventy books on origami
• Leonor Rosser – Origami presenter for television
• Jeremy Shafer – professional entertainer and origamist based in Berkeley, California
• Florence Temko – a pioneer in spreading origami in the United States
• Miguel de Unamuno – Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher who devised many new models and popularized origami in Spain and South America.
• Makoto Yamaguchi – Chairperson of Origami House
• Akira Yoshizawa – reinvented modern origami. Created the modern repertoire of folding symbols

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