In September, 2000, we held a festival in celebration of the art and craft of origami or paper folding. Though the classical 'rules' of origami stipulate the use of one square of paper, no cutting, no pasting, you will see from many of the pictures below that artists from all over the world have moved beyond these 'rules' and expanded the notion of what we call origami. Artists now use multiple pieces of paper; they start with shapes other than squares; they use crumpling and molding techniques as well as simple mountain and valley creases.
The photographs featured on this site are of origami pieces that were on display at many sites in center city Charlotte, North Carolina, during the Festival. In some instances, the pieces were in glass cases, making reflections hard to control by this amateur photographer. So please excuse my lack of expertise. The problem is mine; the origami was wonderful. (All photographs are Copyright © 2000 by Norman Budnitz.)
In order to keep this page from taking forever to load, I have organized the images by the people who folded them. Click on the names below to see low resolution thumbnail pictures of their pieces. Then click on the thumbnails to see higher resolution, full-sized images. Enjoy!
| Ruthanne Bessman | Tomoko Fusé |
| Romain Chevrier | Paul Jackson |
| Giang Dinh | Eric Joisel |
| The D-Team | Michael LaFosse |
| Vincent Floderer | Eva Rosendale |
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