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When my co-worker Cherie left for another gig, I made her an origami zebra that she named Erin. The figure is a beautiful and complex one-paper design originally created by John Montroll and can be found in his book African Animals in Origami.
*This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on May 13, 2014.
© 2014 Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a visual artist and writer. A sansei born in Santa Rosa, CA. He now lives on the East Coast, where he earned a Master of Music at The Juilliard School in New York City. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his paintings, and his poetry has been published in print and online. His book of introvert cartoons, Text, Don’t Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life, is forthcoming in Summer/Fall 2017 from TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Updated December 2016
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My mother taught me how to fold when I was a kid, and I've been folding ever since. Origami figures are fun to make and marvel at, but what are they REALLY like?
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