Commercial work

Origami has proved perfect for a wide variety of events and situations. Recent clients have included the Guardian newspaper, N-Power at the Earls Court Ideal Homes Exhibition, creating a trophy for the British Book Design and Production Awards and designing models for Kelloggs "Art Attack" promotion. There's also a wonderful set of videos created for Antalis, to go alongside an origami calendar (which took first place in two categories at the National Business Calendar Awards). Another successful and fun project was for Puffin Books, helping to promote a book called "The Airman" by Eion Colfer.

I have fulfilled many commercial commissions, ranging from small hand-made cards, to large public display models and artwork for advertising campaigns. As a paper-folder with over 25 years experience, I have extensive knowledge of existing designs and techniques, which often allows me to meet designers specifications without the additional expense of creating a design from scratch.

Assorted commissions / Aberdeen Asset Management Annual Report / UK Design and Production Awards / Newspapers / Chemnitz "Dancing Couple"/ Paper Planes for Norske Skog / Antalis video & calendar / Puffin Books videos

However, I'm happy to create to meet specific briefs, providing either "authentic" origami solutions, or using paper/card which has been engineered to create the illusion of origami but with the flexibility required to meet exacting design targets. I can also supply camera-ready artwork for origami diagrams which you may wish to use as promotional items or within magazines. I can supply images or artwork in a variety of industry-standard formats - as a graphic designer, I'm familiar with software such as flash and photoshop, so can work easily with layout artists and designers, talking their language. Please read my FAQ for more practical details.

I've worked with professional design studios and understand the need to produce visually stunning, yet flexible solutions within an agreed budget and to a fairly tight deadline. I'm able to travel to sets to provide fine-tuning and tailoring to clients exact requirements. I usually recommend an exchange of digital images to examine alternative solutions, before a meeting or shoot.

Here's a list of a few of the many smaller functions I've worked at over the past twenty years. Many and various projects come my way. Some I turn down as impractical, usually due to an unrealistically short deadline. If I'm to commit to producing artwork, I need to ensure it's of the highest quality and that the parameters have been talked through and agreed by all parties. To do otherwise simply causes stress and headaches all round. As a member of Origami Artists & Creators, I always insist upon gaining the proper permissions from creators of origami whose work I may wish to use and making sure they are appropriately credited. Too many people still think origami designs are public domain and have learned to their cost that an origami design has the same copyright as any other work of art. My 30 years of work within the origami world allow me to quickly make contact and negotiate use of a specific design. Alternately, I can usually design an equivalent unique design for use.

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