I'm a massive geek. As with most geeks, I'm fascinated by all things technological; it's what I do for a living, as well as a hobby (and obsession?)
a while back I found myself really burnt out, and I realized that I had let all of my non-computer-related hobbies and interests fall by the wayside. So I decided to pick them back up and spend some time focusing on them and not computers for a bit.
This led me to rediscover a number of things I had been missing- but also to some new levels of geekness, really. I started getting heavily into origami, and especially into very technical folding (often referred to as origami sekkei, or "technical paper folding".)
So while I enjoy folding all kinds of things, I've just been posting items which I have created myself. all of the items I post to flickr are independently created/invented/dreamed up by me, unless otherwise stated.
It's a big deal for me, as I really dislike the lack of information sharing in the origami world- I want to bring some of the open-source style sharing to them, preferably via the Creative Commons licensing ideals. I've made some headway on that front by releasing diagrams and crease patterns under a CC license, available on my website - it's located at www.origamitessellations.com.
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Groups (50)
- Origami Tessellations Design Challenge 2009 6 photos, 27 members
- -fold- 3307 photos, 240 members
- CDO Verbania 2008 234 photos, 17 members
- Pacific Rim Origami 118 photos, 11 members
- curved fold 394 photos, 104 members
- Origami As Sculptural Art 248 photos, 89 members
- Origami Tessellation Design Challenge 2008 19 photos, 58 members
- MetaFilter 2066 photos, 634 members
- Beyond Duluth 1360 photos, 115 members
- VirtualDub - video editor 34 photos, 12 members
- Origami Tessellation Molecules 196 photos, 78 members
- Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood 220 photos, 24 members
- PCOC 2007 493 photos, 9 members
- Computer Aided Origami 225 photos, 99 members
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day 1934 photos, 891 members
- Anamorphosis 166 photos, 210 members
- folding & architecture 6 photos, 6 members
- origami and architecture 346 photos, 72 members
- Origami Designs (Your own designs only) 2743 photos, 212 members
- Origami Tutorial 385 photos, 120 members
- Origami USA Annual Convention Pictures 1818 photos, 59 members
- Starkstruck 95 photos, 39 members
- Nishimura Yuko Appreciation Society 11 photos, 18 members
- Digital fabrication 2316 photos, 508 members
- Hexagon 132 photos, 84 members
- YURTS 577 photos, 181 members
- Obsessive Compulsive Art Tendencies (OCAT) 26829 photos, 1956 members
- Craft Robo 198 photos, 50 members
- international graphic design 32117 photos, 3818 members
- The Divine Art Movement 188 photos, 40 members
- Kirigami Crests and Cutouts 957 photos, 151 members
- Geodesic & Geodetic 286 photos, 78 members
- World Arts and Craft; clay, paper and more 13219 photos, 864 members
- Paper Craft 15635 photos, 1673 members
- Geodesic Dome Research 209 photos, 43 members
- A world of origami 5075 photos, 769 members
- Origami Workshop 1165 photos, 120 members
- Origami Corrugations 920 photos, 218 members
- Artworks on Paper 119026 photos, 7447 members
- 3D paper art 6800 photos, 1137 members
- Generative & Evolutionary Art 7539 photos, 660 members
- Moleskinerie 57713 photos, 12989 members
- ORIGAMI (Brasil) 1554 photos, 427 members
- Surface Designs 2452 photos, 250 members
- Temari 300 photos, 76 members
- Craft as Art 15991 photos, 1073 members
- Paper Lovers 3357 photos, 363 members
- Arabic Typography 1610 photos, 812 members
- Muslim Cultures 60946 photos, 7277 members
- Iranian 61922 photos, 2788 members
Testimonials (8)
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LorenzoMarchi says:
"Eric's work brought me in the wonderful world of origami tessellations. His knowledge of tessellations/tilings/geometrical stuff is really wide and never cease to amaze me with his kind of new models and techniques. Beside this he is a really nice person, kind and sunny, which doesn't hurt!"
27th May, 2008
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orsobrusco says:
"It's since I've met C. Palmer for the first time, several years ago, that I'm not astonished in this way by a paperfolder. Sometimes I think that this man doesn't sleep *never*, to think and to fold these beautiful works."
15th August, 2007
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Ray Schamp says:
"Eric's photos brought me into Flickr, and thus into this great community of origamists. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of origami tessellations, which he shares freely -- both here, and on his blog. Seeing the progress of his talent is inspiring and demystifies -- while piquing one's interest in -- one of the coolest genres of paperfolding."
18th April, 2007
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En Why See says:
"Eric's work is groundbreaking, and seemingly effortless. Especially important is how he develops new ways of teaching us all a relatively complex form of artistic expression with paper. I've learned that his wife is also an extreme talent herself in the "softer" arts of temari and kirigami. Eric's devotion to open source is key to us all understanding ancient [and modern] art without a mentoring sen-sei at our disposal."
13th December, 2006
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hale_popoki says:
"Eric can work magic with a single sheet of paper! His origami creations are awe-inspiring and incredible to behold.
His photos also provide a glimpse of what life is like up in Minnesota. (this Cali Girl has no clue!)
Oh yeah, he's got some mouthwatering pics of bekazushi.
Last but certainly not least, he's a nice guy!"22nd December, 2005
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Chosetec says:
"Origomi's tesselations have greatly widened my perspective on what can be done in the world of origami tesselations. He once asked if I had super speed folding- I wonder the same about him! every week I see beautiful new creations."
20th October, 2005
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alida saxon says:
"His origami foldings are as complicated as they are beautiful. Math turned into art. Well worth keeping an eye on to see what he comes up with next."
26th September, 2005
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Cyberesque says:
"It's so refreshing to see a photostream like Origomi's. I'm a big origami fan and I'm delighted to have found such a wonderful collection of original work. Beautiful stuff!"
1st June, 2005
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