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Escher tessellation cubes6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() I find the rules and work according to them. I am a logical person, and mathematics was always easy for me. For me, straight lines, right angles, repetitions are more comfortable to handle, than shaping the eyes of the tiger. She exclaimed, "Oh, this is truly a lovely elephant head!" I don't own the ability to define the difference between a dog and a wolf. Ilan: I once folded a hummingbird, and showed it to my wife. Are you going to return to paper? What will be your next field of creation? Why is that? Nowadays I see you work more with other materials, and less with paper. Most of your paper creations are tessellations. All you need is to try, and a little encouragement. In retrospective, I didn't need much to believe in myself, to see that I am capable of creating something new. I immediately sent him my Escher-Froeble-Garibi font, and I was amazed to read about it in his next email to the O-list, praising my asymmetric version. As it happened, just at that time an email about cultivating lists and origami spread on the O-list, David responded with a confession that he collects alphabetical lists. Having my creative spirit kindled, I wanted to do something special with it, so I combined the Escher fonts with the Folds of Beauty, to create my own origami version font. Again, I was struck with the endless possibilities and I started to find my own variations. Just before this tessellation experience, I found folds of beauty in Konihiki Kasahara`s book. ![]() I was struck! It truly was an original model, as it originated from me! I took the time to analyze what I did, and understanding the way a tessellation is built from molecules, I studied the properties of the molecules and started to invent (or find) more and more of them. When I called Gila to ask where I failed, she said, "Well done! you invented a new model". I didn't get the stars puffed, instead I got hexagon towers. I saw tessellations exhibited in Tikotin, a few years back, and I couldn't understand, how is it done? From a single sheet of paper? impossible! It felt so good to be able to make it myself, so when I got home, I immediately tried to fold it again, but I made a mistake. Gila taught me how to fold the Starpuff tessellation created by Ralf, and there was no one happier than me at that moment. Ilan: I made my first steps as a creator thanks to Gila Oren, Ralf Konrad, Froeble and David Lister. What ignited your creation process? What happened that turned you from a passive folder into a creator? The success, and the failures, are all yours. As an artist, though, you are all alone - if you do, it is done. As an officer in the army, you never actually do anything by yourself you have squads of soldiers to carry out your orders. Every unidentified phone call brings the excitement of a new adventure. As an origami artist, I travel all around the world, and my works are presented internationally now. Now I can surely say origami changed me, and my life, dramatically. I was folding alone, so there was no one to share my excitement from the simple magic of the square flat paper turning into a Jack Stone. All we had then was four origami books, by Robert Harbin. I started to fold at age twelve, 38 years ago. Six years ago, while I posted my first models online, nothing really mattered but the number of favorites stars I got on by flickr. To be precise, it was the creation process the magic of creating something original. Becoming an artist was not a role that went through my mind when I thought about my future. Ilan: I was an intelligence officer for 25 years. What is origami to you? Why are you interested in origami? What was your first model to fold? Can you say origami changed your life in any way, or is it just a hobby? I am highly competitive, determined and disciplined in nature, and if asked to do it in five, I will use only four. I like to challenge myself, and respond to challenges. ![]() I am a teacher, a maker, an atheist, and a chocolate lover. I am also a puzzler, a designer, a father and a husband. Ilan: I am an origami artist, following my heart. Who is Ilan Garibi? Please tell me in five sentences what I must know about you. Even though I personally met all the creators I interviewed, I was always surprised to read their answers, and to see how little I really knew about them. The second reason was simply getting to know other folders and creators. Writing my own story, I wanted to show other folders how to step out of only passively folding and into the creators circle. This series of interviews came to fill two needs of mine - Showing and knowing. PowerPuff Modular, 30 units of Tant paper. ![]()
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