Simitrio Flores

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About Simitrio Flores

The number one indicator to success is “grit”, the ability to try, try, and try again. Modular Origami is a physical interaction with mathematics. While folding and assembling there is no talk of numbers, angles, theories, or any other confusing details. Just paper, folding, the imagination, and the willingness to try stuff and see what happens. Akira Yoshizawa quit his job to sell soup door to door and gave away(never sold) his figurative origami. I believe what he did led to the first wave of modern origami which is individual and figurative in nature. My endeavor is the second wave, which will be Modular Origami and it will be a shareable art endeavor meant for group work as a community art. I will use common 20 lb 90 brightness copy paper or recycled paper to do this because… “3-D printing, paint, Legos, and all other art resources are expensive, but paper comes free in the mail.” The common crane origami figure that almost everyone learns about first (the crane wish story) is twenty plus folds. My stellated module is only ten folds which is more easily achieved. I ask for anyone to get a hold of me with 12 modules already folded and I will assemble them in person into a origami star ball, a Kusudama( medicine ball - original Japanese art form) If you have read this far then please take this as a invitation to ask me whatever you like on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, email, or however you would like to get a hold of me. Thank you for reading, Gracias por leer, Simi Flores/ Shimiorigami