
Wasp 2.6 is one of Kamiya’s important works. Even when told that something is too complicated to create with origami, he continues to refine his technique, producing exquisitely detailed work. For Kamiya, the intricacy of the creation is not the goal but the result. The unusually high level of detail owes to Kamiya’s desire to create the shapes he wants using origami, rather than create the shapes he can using origami. Kamiya’s works make a strong impression on the viewer because they are so detailed that at first glance it is hard to believe they are made from a single sheet of paper. “Super complex” origami refers to intricate and sophisticated works of art fashioned from a single sheet of paper. Some origami artists create what are termed “super complex” works, and Kamiya Satoshi is a leading expert in this field.
Origami comes in many forms, ranging from simple shapes to abstract creations. Kamiya, who started origami in his childhood, continues to share his super complex origami creations with the world. The origami works of Kamiya Satoshi are referred to as “super complex” and they have won him many fans in Japan and abroad.
Samurai Helmet Beetle 1.Ryu-zin 3.5 is known as one of Kamiya Satoshi’s most intricate works. Making and developing of the Ryu Zin Eastern Dragon TM-072. A Regular Tetrahedron with a Hyperbolic Paraboloid TM-073. Kamiya has written one book, which includes diagrams of nineteen models of intermediate through complex difficulty. The dragon model is unique, however, in that the crease pattern is asymmetrical yet produces a symmetrical model. Another of his more notable models is a feathered, long-tailed phoenix. Many of Satoshi's origami designs are exceptionally complex the dragons require around 275 steps each and need to be made from at least 20" squares of thin paper or foil. Satoshi has drawn inspiration for his designs from Manga, nature, and both eastern and western mythologies. The work can take up to one month to fold properly. Perhaps his most famous design is Ryujin 3.5, an elaborate dragon covered with scales and having a mustache, claws, and horns. In 2005, he published a collection of original works through Origami House, and most recently participated as a guest in the 2007 Origami USA Convention in New York.
In 2000, Kamiya went abroad and studied origami there for two years, meeting various creators and folders.Ĭurrently, Kamiya keeps on designing models, seeking for the extensions of the art of origami. LaFosse of Boston, and origami at Origami USA in New York, where he cultivated many personal exchanges between local artists and origami-lovers in general. He has also studied hand-made paper in the United States under the tutelage of Michael G. He would go on to win the fourth championship in 2000, as well as the fifth in 2002 and the sixth in 2004 for four consecutive wins. SATOSHI KAMIYA WASP TV
By 1999, Kamiya had already risen to the top of his field, taking first place in the Third Origami Championship on the variety show TV Champion in 1999. In 1993, Kamiya joined Origami Tanteidan (currently JOAS), and, inspired by supercomplex models he saw there, he began real designing of origami models. Kamiya Satoshi began folding paper since his infanthood, and he has been folding since then, without any period without folding.
Satoshi Kamiya (神谷 哲史 - means “A wise man in a valley of gods”, born June 6, 1981, in Nagoya, Japan).