Michael G LaFosse is widely regarded as one of the top masters of the art of origami. He co-founded the Origamido Studio, a commercial design and fine art studio, with Richard Alexander in 1996. They have authored over 30 origami books and kits, and have produced over a dozen video DVD lessons for the paperfolding enthusiast, and about hand papermaking for the origami artist.
LaFosse has taught origami in schools since 1972, and continues to work with teachers, artists, designers and performers who incorporate origami into their profession. He has lectured and demonstrated origami around the world, and has produced significant exhibits for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the Peabody-Essex Museum, the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, and many others.
LaFosse is a biologist by training, and his best known works are realistic origami animals and plants, folded from special, archival papers developed and produced at the Origamido Studio. His works have been exhibited in major galleries such as the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris; and Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo
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