Origags from the British Origami Society

I know next to nothing about origami, the art of folding paper into all kinds of shapes and figures.

So when I was researching the post I did for Treehugger, about big old trees and the zigzag paper ornaments at Japanese shrines, I was delighted to find the website of the British Origami Society. And, it turns out they used to have a special origag feature, a comic created by Roberto Morassi in the 1970s. Introduction by David Lister here.

Fifty-nine Origags were published in British Origami over a period of ten years. There would have been sixty, but the subtle nuances of English tabooed words misled even Roberto, so one Origag was censored by the then editor. Sadly no trace of it seems to have been preserved and that is our loss. But what an astounding achievement! I can only look on with admiration as cartoonists relentlessly contribute to newspapers, day after day and year after year. How do they do it?



Watch them all, starting here!