WORK
OROCHI(Big Snake)
Tomoko Fuse（Japan）
The origami artist who lives in a small village of Yasaka in Omachi City continues to introduce Japanese culture to the world. She has created a unique world by folding a flat sheet of a piece of paper: "coil folding", in which a square column is twisted and woven into a coil; "unit folding", in which parts are put together; and "infinite folding", in which the same shape is repeated infinitely. When the “coil folding” technique used in this work was completed, the twisting and depressing appearance reminded her of a "big snake."She felt the presence of something symbolic like a primitive life form. This is a unique world of origami expressing the mysteries hidden in nature.
Tomoko Fuse（Japan）
Born 1951 in Niigata, Currently resides in Omachi, Nagano. Origami artist. She plays an active leading role in a type of origami where different parts are placed together, called “Unit Origami”. She also spends a great deal of time creating industrial goods such as origami lampshades and pots. She moved to Yasaka, Omachi in Nagano Prefecture in 1986. She has authored several books. She has fans both in Japan and abroad, and her books have been translated into many languages such as English, German, and Korean. She is an honorary member of CDO (Centoro Diffusione Origami) and OD (Origami Deutschland).