http://www.origamihara.com/Site9/Blog/Blog.html Conservation International event <br/>September 21, 2009<br/><br/><br/>With Dr. Robert J. Lang and Harrison Ford. iWeb 3.0.1 http://www.origamihara.com/Site9/Blog/Entries/2009/9/21_ORIGAMI_RAINFOREST_for_Conservation_International.html 10cdc8e8-a0c9-453a-8f86-6c6df655ec2d Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:47:49 -0700 <a href="http://www.origamihara.com/Site9/Blog/Entries/2009/9/21_ORIGAMI_RAINFOREST_for_Conservation_International_files/100_1872.jpg"><img src="http://www.origamihara.com/Site9/Blog/Media/object000_2.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:267px; height:161px;"/></a>‘As the New York meeting of the united Nations General Assembly, and on the eve of Climate Week, Conservation International rallied a powerful team in support of tropical forests and their role in the effort to slow climate change.‘ <br/>Conservation International<br/><br/>An origami rainforest, in the middle of New York! This amazing installation was designed by Robert J. Lang for Conservation International. Harrison Ford, longtime board member of Conservation International, garnered support for forest protection ahead of the UN General Assembly and Copenhagen climate negotiations. President Barrat Jagdeo of Guyana also gave an impassioned speech, calling for the support and awareness of preserving rainforests. <br/><br/>The program ended with a dramatic destruction of the origami rainforest with chainsaws and blades, to illustrate the fragility of the rainforests and the speed at which they are detroyed.<br/><br/>Robert asked me to assist him with the task of folding the monumental figures for the rainforest. The first day, we folded the trunk of the ‘Tree of Life’. This was followed by 5 major branches and some 20 ‘branchlets’. The second day, we continued to fold medium size trees on location at Greeley Square, where members of Origami USA were on hand to teach simple origami animals and flowers to the public. Origami USA members had previously folded the 1,500 leaves needed to complete the origami rainforest. Robert and I also folded a dozen rainforest birds and animals.<br/><br/>The forest was completed in 2 days. <br/><br/>It was destroyed in 30 seconds.<br/><br/>For more on Conservation International, log on to<br/><a href="http://www.conservation.org/">www.conservation.org</a> http://www.origamihara.com/Site9/Blog/Entries/2009/9/16_Star_Tessellated_Dress_and_High_Heels.html 9b068c4a-2739-4bf7-bd6b-6d3d2dc76910 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:02:07 -0700 My entry into the 2009 Califronia Fine Art Competition was accepted into the Fiber category. This wearable dress is folded from a single sheet of parchment, 6’ x 9’ big. It won 2 awards - the Innovation Award and an Award of Excellence at the awards ceremony on August 20, 2009. http://www.origamihara.com/Site9/Blog/Entries/2008/6/25_Lear_Corporation_Origami_Butterfly_MOBILE.html e7a001e9-8e8a-4ea1-90f3-d8ea15c3b0b7 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:33:07 -0700 <a href="http://www.origamihara.com/Site9/Blog/Entries/2008/6/25_Lear_Corporation_Origami_Butterfly_MOBILE_files/100_0757.jpg"><img src="http://www.origamihara.com/Site9/Blog/Media/object000_3.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:313px; height:149px;"/></a>Completed June 13th, 2008, this 3-part mobile was installed at the Lear Automotive corporate headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. It was a joint design with Jack Morton Worldwide and featured origami butterflies folded from prints of Lear’s automotive interior fabrics and leathers.