(C) - Hulme, Max (UK) - Three animals in a cigarette box

Work on Paper

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Museo del Origami

Name/Title

(C) - Hulme, Max (UK) - Three animals in a cigarette box

Entry/Object ID

2013.5.2

Description

Discovered in one of the boxes from the Gershon Legman archive in Valbonne, southern France, these pieces folded by Max Hulme were found tucked inside a cigarette box. The paper is Japanese kami. The label mentions a double frog base, a fox and a deer, all of which appear to be in the cigarette box (plus another animal shape). It is dated "circa 1980".

Artwork Details

Medium

kami paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Hulme, Max

Role

Designer and folder

Date made

circa 1980

Notes

About the artist: Max Hulme, from England, emerged as a creative force in the origami world in the mid-1970s, astonishing folders with his lifelike 3D models and remarkable technical ingenuity. Iconic designs like his Jack-in-the-Box, Sports Car, and London Omnibus showcased not only his imagination but also his ability to engineer complex forms with elegance and precision. While his early diagrams were hand-drawn and often minimal, ellow members of the British Origami Society helped make his work more accessible to a wider audience. In later years, he undertook the monumental task of producing computer-drawn diagrams of nearly his entire body of work. He died in England in June, 2020.