(C) - Morollón, Ángel (Spain) - Two Kingfishers

Work on Paper

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Museo del Origami

The image shows two origami birds made from blue and orange paper, facing each other.

The image shows two origami birds made from blue and orange paper, facing each other.

Name/Title

(C) - Morollón, Ángel (Spain) - Two Kingfishers

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.1

Description

Two kingfishers, folded from a single sheet of paper created by laminating mulberry paper (blue) and silk (orange) with methyl cellulose. This process results in a sheet with distinct blue and orange sides, which are revealed through the folding.

Artwork Details

Medium

Mulberry paper with silk (two different colors)

Context

"Two Kingfishers" were donated by the artist to the Museo del Origami during the 2013 International Origami Convention of the Asociacion Española de Papiroflexia (A.E.P.) in Zaragoza.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Morollón, Ángel

Role

Designer and folder

Notes

About the artist: Ángel Morollón, an art school professor in Spain, discovered origami while teaching in Utrillas, using it to engage unmotivated students. Inspired by Akira Yoshizawa, he views origami as a sculptural art form, selecting paper to highlight texture and expression. His creative process is intuitive, working from memory and refining through trial and error. He values origami’s meditative nature and its ecological philosophy. Although he has taken commissions, Morollón prefers to keep origami as a passion rather than a profession, seeing it as a continuous source of artistic inspiration.