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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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Contacts (386)

ruimfroda Rui Roda
origonomi No real name given
rgieseking No real name given
NeoLiveArt Oscar Paredes
Claudi_Ma No real name given
Jophish126 Joe Bergeron
Dasssa Dasa Severova
H.Hella No real name given
David_paperfold David Martínez
Takethechance Kirsteen Colquhoun
papyraceous Peter Caine
Ioana Stoian Ioana Stoian

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The Art of Papermaking 130 photos, 32 members
CDO Verbania 2009 190 photos, 10 members
Origami Tessellations Design Challenge 2009 7 photos, 31 members
-fold- 4,552 photos, 273 members
CDO Verbania 2008 234 photos, 18 members
Pacific Rim Origami 149 photos, 12 members
curved fold 805 photos, 179 members
Origami As Sculptural Art 511 photos, 146 members
Origami Tessellation Design Challenge 2008 29 photos, 75 members
MetaFilter 2,201 photos, 652 members
Beyond Duluth 2,046 photos, 150 members
VirtualDub - video editor 34 photos, 29 members
Origami Tessellation Molecules 419 photos, 113 members
Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood 278 photos, 28 members
PCOC 2007 487 photos, 9 members
Computer Aided Origami 377 photos, 146 members
International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2,288 photos, 924 members
Anamorphosis 163 photos, 212 members
folding & architecture 118 photos, 19 members
origami and architecture 677 photos, 117 members
Origami Designs (Your own designs only) 6,551 photos, 402 members
Origami Tutorial 407 photos, 150 members
Origami USA Annual Convention Pictures 1,827 photos, 72 members
Starkstruck 69 photos, 45 members
Nishimura Yuko Appreciation Society 11 photos, 27 members
Digital fabrication 4,200 photos, 827 members
Hexagon 360 photos, 127 members
YURTS 823 photos, 243 members
Obsessive Compulsive Art Tendencies (OCAT) 44,306 photos, 2,436 members
Craft Robo 338 photos, 78 members
international graphic design 61,852 photos, 6,095 members
The Divine Art Movement 188 photos, 41 members
Geodesic & Geodetic 253 photos, 104 members
World Arts and Craft; clay, paper and more 18,529 photos, 1,091 members
Paper Craft 25,651 photos, 2,490 members
Geodesic Dome Research 129 photos, 52 members
A world of origami 14,388 photos, 1,287 members
Origami Workshop 2,848 photos, 203 members
Origami Corrugations 1,249 photos, 333 members
Artworks on Paper 209,192 photos, 10,330 members
3D paper art 11,498 photos, 1,703 members
Generative & Evolutionary Art 10,871 photos, 927 members
Moleskinerie 95,575 photos, 16,821 members
ORIGAMI (Brasil) 3,441 photos, 541 members
Surface Designs 3,944 photos, 292 members
Temari 462 photos, 105 members
Craft as Art 22,997 photos, 1,346 members
Paper Lovers 6,729 photos, 506 members
Arabic Typography 2,181 photos, 993 members
Muslim Cultures 86,340 photos, 9,433 members

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Testimonials (8)

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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