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About Tung Ken Lam

Tung Ken Lam is a well-known origami creator best known for Jitterbug and WXYZ inspired by the works of graphic artist MC Escher architect/designer/polymath R Buckminster Fuller and origami creators such as Tomoko Fuse Paul Jackson Dave Brill Dave Mitchell and Robert Neale. First introduced to origami as a child he developed his interest through the books of Robert Harbin Eric Kenneway Kunihiko Kasahara Samuel Randlett and John Montroll. Origami crosses the boundaries of art craft play mathematics puzzles and practical geometry. The possibilities of folding paper seem limited but these limitations have inspired creativity and imagination. Paper might seem an everyday material but it's magical to turn it into something unique just by folding. Following instruction to make someone else's origami work is akin to experiencing the folder's worldview and their act of creation. A member of the British Origami Society who has edited its magazine and publications he has completed several commercial and educational origami commissions involving origami over the last 20 years. Although best know for modular origami he has created animals human figures and faces tessellations and quirky subjects like a convincing hand with four finger and a thumb. He has taught origami in Britain Europe USA and Asia in schools shopping centres science and cultural festivals and many other venues. He co-authored Learning Mathematics with Origami with Sue Pope; published by the Association of Teachers of Mathematics it was one of their top three bestsellers of 2016.