Ben

Ben is an origami expert who has been folding since the age of 5, when his mother gave him a dinosaur origami book. Today, with over 25 years of teaching experience, Ben has instructed everyone from infants to grandparents in the art of origami.

Ben specializes in handmade, supercomplex tissue foil models, tessellations, and modulars. His work has appeared in The New York Times, on Vogue.com, in global ad campaigns and in Creased magazine. After running his own Origami company for a few years, in 2011 Ben joined Taro’s Origami Studio as a teacher and helped refine Taro’s Origami Teaching Method. In late 2013 he moved to the Bay Area in California to help create the Taro’s Origami Studio’s Oakland location, and now works as the head of corporate projects for Taro’s Origami Studio