Blog — Creative Process

When I began making mobiles in 2007, I tried to avoid using white paper for any mobiles.  Most white paper I had come across yellowed with time, and I didn’t want my customers complaining that their beautiful white mobile had turned yellow after two or three months.  When customers requested an all white mobile I would cringe at the thought of it – but as I have learned from first hand experience – it’s important to give customers what they want.   My History with White Paper and Origami My first recorded sale of an all white crane mobile was...

Pandas, bamboo, tigers, monkeys, and elephants – these were requested for a custom Asian Jungle Themed Mobile.  This was going to be a challenge – the only models I knew how to fold were the monkey and elephant.  I had folded one panda before, but didn’t like the final model, so this time I needed to find a diagram for a different style of panda.   Finding the Right Origami Panda When starting a custom project where I need to fold something new, I like to fold the biggest and most important models first.  If good diagrams can be found...

When potential customers reach out to me with questions about what I could put in a mobile, I always tell them, “whatever you want.”  I know that sometimes people tell you that but they don’t really mean it – well I do mean it.  If I can find an instructional diagram or video of the creature or thing you want, I can fold it and include it in your mobile.  If what you want doesn’t exist, then I can change a model to suit my needs and create what you want.  I am not an origami master by any means, but...

About nine years ago I used some birthday money to buy several instructional origami books – one of those books was about origami dinosaurs.  I had plans to make a mobile with dinosaurs one day and I thought having a book like this might come in handy.  Well, it only took nine years but I finally got a request for a dinosaur mobile last month.  I was super excited because now I had the chance to use the book I bought!     A recent customer asked if I could make her another giant mobile, but this time with dinosaurs...