Tomoko Fuse (, ''Fuse Tomoko'', born in
Niigata, 1951) is a Japanese
origami
) is the Japanese paper art, art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat square sheet of pape ...
artist and author of numerous books on the subject of
modular origami
Modular origami or unit origami is a paperfolding technique which uses two or more sheets of paper to create a larger and more complex structure than would be possible using single-piece origami techniques. Each individual sheet of paper is fol ...
, and is by many considered as a renowned master in such discipline.
Fuse first learned origami while in the hospital as a child. When she was 19 years old, she studied for two and a half years with origami master
Toyoaki Kawai. She started publishing origami books in 1981, and has since published more than 60 books (plus overseas editions) . She has created numerous origami designs, including boxes, ''
kusudama
The Japanese kusudama (薬玉; lit. medicine ball) is a paper model that is usually (although not always) created by sewing multiple identical pyramidal units together using underlying geometric principles to form a spherical shape. Alternately th ...
'', paper toys, masks, modular polyhedra, as well as other geometric forms and objects, such as
origami tessellations, with publications in Japanese, Korean and English.
She now resides with her husband Taro Toriumi,
a respected woodblock printmaker and etcher, in rural
Nagano prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
, Japan.
''Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations'', the English language edition of her seminal modular origami inventions, may be considered the classic text on modular origami available in the English language.
Publications
In English:
*''Spiral: Origami/Art/Design'', Viereck Verlag, 2012,
*''Floral Origami Globes'', Japan Publications Trading, May 18, 2007,
*''Origami Rings & Wreaths: A Kaleidoscope of 28 Decorative Origami Creations'', Japan Publications Trading, Nov 2007
*''Kusudama Origami'', Japan Publications, Sep 2002,
*''Fabulous Origami Boxes'', Japan Publications, July 1998
*''Quick and Easy Origami Boxes'', Japan Publications 1994,
*''Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformation'', Japan Publications, April 1990,
*''Origami Boxes: Moribana Style'', Japan Publications, June 1975,
*''Origami Boxes, Japan Publications, July 1989,
*''Tomoko Fuse's Origami Boxes, Tuttle Publications, April 2018,
In Japanese:
*''Easy Origami to Enliven Your Life (Kurashi o Irodoru Raku Raku no Origami)'' Ishizue Publishers (July 1996),
*''Yunnito Origami (Unit Origami)'', Chikuma Shobo Publishers (December 1983),
*''Beautiful Origami Boxes 2'', Nihonvogue Company, Japan, 2014
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*''I Love Origami: The Mask'',Origami House, 1997, ,
In Italian:
*''Origami Modulare'' (Italian version of Japanese ''Yunnito Origami''), Il Castello Publishers, (1988)
References
Origami artists
1951 births
Living people
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