An origamist or an origamian is a person who is associated with the art of origami. Some notable origamists / origamians are:
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Jay Ansill – composer and folk musician who also wrote The Origami Sourcebook
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Mel Cowley - British Origamist working in the UK. In 2014 founded The Little Paper Flower Shop . Creates original Origami Flower Bouquets and uses Origami Paper Cranes as symbols of Good Luck & Long Life in much of her work
Peter Engel – author of several origami books including Origami from Angelfish to Zen, 10-Fold Origami: Fabulous Paperfolds You Can Make in Just 10 Steps!, and Origami Odyssey
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Tomoko Fuse (布施 知子) – famous for boxes and unit origami[2]
Robert J. Lang – author of many Origami books including the new benchmark Origami Design Secrets; formerly a laser physicist at NASA before quitting in 2001 and committing to origami full-time[1][3][4][2][5]
Sipho Mabona – Swiss and South African origami master[1][6] who created a life-size elephant from a single piece of paper.[3]
Jun Maekawa – software engineer, mathematician, and origami artist known for popularizing the method of utilizing crease patterns in designing origami models
Matthew T. Mason – American roboticist who developed the first origami folding robot, demonstrating advances in difficult manipulation tasks
Ligia Montoya – Argentine paper-folder who played a crucial role in establishing paper-folding as an international movement
John Montroll – probably the most prolific Western artist and author of over 40 books on origami
Jeannine Mosley – best known for her origami models created from business cards,[7] including the Menger Sponge.[1] She has developed mathematical techniques for designing and analyzing curved origami models.[7]
Miguel de Unamuno – Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher who devised many new models and popularized origami in Spain and South America.