Nick Robinson (born 8 January 1957 in

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) is a British paperfolder. He was awarded the

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in 2004 by the British Origami Society and is an Honorary Member and President of the British Origami Society. He has folded a kaleidoscope of projects over the course of his career, but is drawn to folding containers, masks, and simple designs. His approach to origami is to try and capture the essence of a subject using minimal creases, rather than a more realistic representation. He is actively involved with the Folding Didactic movement, which aims to promote academic study of the history of paper-folding and the most effective way to teach it.

Publications

Robinson is a prolific author, having written nearly 100 books of origami. Some of the books written by Robinson include: *''World's Best Origami'' 2010 *''Origami For Dummies'' Wiley & Co 2008 *''Picture Perfect Origami'' St. Martin's Griffin 2008 *''The Origami Giftbox'' Firefly Books 2006. *''A Beginners Guide to Origami'' Parragon Books, 2006. *''Encyclopedia of Origami'' Quarto Publishing 2005. *''Pub Origami'' New Holland Publishers 2005. *''Adult Origami'' New Holland Publishers 2004. *''The Origami Bible'' Collins & Brown 2004. *''Paper Planes that Really Fly'' Quintet Publishing 1992. You can also find diagrams for folding some of Robinson's original models on hi
personal website
along with his range of self-published books.

Teaching

Robinson is an experienced origami teacher who has taught paper folding classes to both children and adults since 1984. He has worked in schools, youth clubs, hospitals, art galleries, prisons, libraries, and shopping centers within the UK. He has also taught and lectured on origami in America, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Catalonia, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Japan.

Commercial work

Robinson has used his origami skills in many commercial projects over the course of his career, including creating a trophy for the British Book Design and Production Awards and designing models for Kelloggs "Art Attack" promotion. He also worked with Verve Clicquot, The Victoria and Albert Museum, N-Power, Xerox, Ribena, Penguin, Google, the Guardian newspaper, Waddingtons, Norske Skog, Chatsworth House, Bibbi, Sappi and many others. He also created origami models as part of an effort to promote a book called "The Airman" by Eion Colfer.

Personal life

Robinson lives in

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. Although he has been working as a professional origami teacher since over 30 years, Robinson was formerly a professional musician, performing with

Typhoon Saturday The group was formed in 1981 by members of Worksop band Veiled Threat. Singer Elaine McLeod, bassist Derek Taylor and drummer Nigel Fitzpatrick recruited Nick Robinson on guitar to form Red Zoo. Nigel was replaced by Tich Critchlow, Derek by Les ...

, the

Comsat Angels The Comsat Angels were an English post-punk band from Sheffield, England, initially active from 1978 to 1995. Their music has been described as "abstract pop songs with sparse instrumentation, many of which were bleak and filled with some form ...

and Neil Ardley. He still performs as a “looping” guitarist working extensively in the

improvised music scene. His band Das Rad have released 3 albums and he released a solo guitar album "Lost Garden" in 2022.

References

External links

Nick Robinson's origami website

British Origami Society Honours page

World's Best Origami on LoveToKnow

Nick Robinson's Amazon author page

Interview (in German)

Encyclopædia Britannica entry written by Nick Robinson

Nick Robinson's page on japansociety website
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