Robert Harris

Born near Leeds, England and Fine Art educated, Robert Harris has been a professional paper artist, paper engineer, writer and teacher since 1992, specializing in origami and the folded arts. He was one of the first origami professionals in the West. He has written more than 20 books, the first of which were origami books for adults and children. His more recent books have been about the application of folding techniques into design, a subject he has taught in more than 30 Universities and Colleges in 10 countries, to Design Students of many disciplines, including Fashion, Architecture, Ceramics, Jewellery, Product Design and Textiles. He was one of the pioneers of folding/origami as Fine Art and has exhibited his folded artworks in many galleries and museums. He has also curated several ground-breaking exhibitions of origami, undertaken many commercial commissions for print, screen-based media, festivals and more.