Nick Robinson (paperfolder)


Nick Robinson is a British paperfolder. He was awarded the Sydney French medal in 2004 by the British Origami Society and is an Honorary Member of the British Origami Society.
He has folded a kaleidoscope of projects over the course of his career, but is drawn to folding containers, masks, and simple designs. His approach to origami is to try and capture the essence of a subject using minimal creases, rather than a more realistic representation. He is actively involved with the Folding Didactic movement, which aims to promote academic study of the history of paper-folding and the most effective way to teach it.

Publications

Robinson is a prolific author, having written nearly 70 books of origami. Some of the books written by Robinson include:
You can also find diagrams for folding some of Robinson's original models on his .

Teaching

Robinson is an experienced origami teacher who has taught paper folding classes to both children and adults since 1984. He has worked in schools, youth clubs, hospitals, art galleries, prisons, libraries, and shopping centers within the UK. He has also taught and lectured on origami in America, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Catalonia, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Japan.

Commercial Work

Robinson has used his origami skills in many commercial projects over the course of his career, including creating a trophy for the British Book Design and Production Awards and designing models for Kelloggs "Art Attack" promotion. He also worked with Verve Clicquot, The Victoria and Albert Museum, N-Power, Xerox, Ribena, Penguin, Google, the Guardian newspaper, Waddingtons, Norske Skog, Chatsworth House, Bibbi, Sappi and many others. He also created origami models as part of an effort to promote a book called "The Airman" by Eion Colfer.

Personal life

Robinson lives in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Although he has been working as a professional origami teacher since over 30 years, Robinson was formerly a professional musician, performing with Typhoon Saturday, the Comsat Angels and Neil Ardley.
He still performs as a “looping” guitarist working extensively in the Sheffield improvised music scene. His most recent release is “Cotyledon” under the Lost Garden name.