May LAG Program/demonstration will be presented by Linda Stephen. Linda Stephen is a self-taught paper artist who grew up in Michigan, studied at the Japan Center for Michigan Universities, and was once honored as one of the Top 10 graduates in the state by Michigan Woman magazine.
Her origami landscapes are part of more than 100 collections across the U.S. and Japan including the Mayor’s Collection for the City of Omihachiman, Japan to the JW Marriott Hotel’s “Sister City” Collection in Grand Rapids, Mich. Recent projects include TV commercials for Tobacco Free Nebraska (origami dollar bills), a public artwork for the National Parks Service and Homestead National Monument of America (which involved 200+ people from 20 states), and a solo exhibit at the Nebraska Arts Council’s Fred Simon Gallery.
Linda Stephen has more than 25 years of experience in origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. Fluent in Japanese and passionate about Japanese paper, Linda lived in castle towns in rural Japan for seven years studying Japanese art and language and working as a teacher and translator. After 9/11, while living in New York, Linda started making custom origami andkirigami art. In 2004, she began making larger commissioned landscape art first for private collectors and then for hotels, public buildings, and corporations.
Linda’s origami bas relief landscapes are her unique extension of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. Her art incorporates luscious Japanese yuzenpatterned papers, other handmade papers, and unique, origami paper sculptures that she invents. In awarding her “Best of Show” at the Nebraska State Office Building in November 2012, the judge said of the origami-sculpture-and-paper landscape of a college campus, “Linda Stephen is expanding her chosen medium of painting with origami and paper-combining colored patterns, details, texture …The detail and textures—in the grass, in the trees, in the flowers, in the people—draw you in and keep you looking.”
Linda will present short program teaching members and guests some simple origami, making a small art piece or card. Join in the fun.
Members and guests, pleas bring:
Mat Board, Scrap papers; Origami papers; Square paper of any size; 3″X3″ or 6″X6″ is good; Handmade papers; Glue Stick or PVA/PVB glue; Scissors