Paper art

I love paper, and I love origami. My grandmother was an origami maker. Well into her 90's she had this incredible memory for intricate folds and patterns and could sit for hours just working on one complicated starburst ball. Grandma died two years ago at the age of 98. I still miss her and have been thinking of her a lot lately. For every Christmas as long as I can remember, we used to always carefully slice the tape off our presents so that Grandma could keep the wrapping paper and use it later for origami. She would cut the sheets into smaller pieces, and preferred them to the store bought sheets of origami paper. Truth be told, I think she often preferred the wrapping paper to the gift that was inside! It was weird opening presents without saving the paper last year. It still felt weird this year too. She had trained us well. I saved some of the prettier sheets from one of the presents this year. I plan to bring some to her grave next week. I can't believe it has been two years. So in memory of Grandma, I wanted to share this artist's beautiful paper work, I especially love the flipbook piece. It is incredible and I know that Grandma would have loved it www.eightemperors.com/