Intermediate Origami Classes for 2025

Starting in January 2024, and continuing in 2025, Teresa is teaching an origami class for intermediate-level folders on the fourth Saturday of every month (except July and August) at the North Port Public Library in North Port, Florida.

The Intermediate-level classes feature origami models that are somewhat more complex and challenging than the models taught in Teresa's origami class for beginners. Intermediate folders are expected to already know most of the basic origami folds and the symbols used to represent them in origami diagrams. The pace of instruction in this class is a bit faster than in the beginners' class, and Teresa assumes that Intermediate students will need less individual help than beginners, but one-on-one assistance from the instructor will still be provided as needed.

REGISTRATION FOR 2025 INTERMEDIATE ORIGAMI IS OPEN NOW!

To see the class schedule and learn more or register online, you can access the library's event calendar by going to https://scgovlibrary.librarymarket.com/events/month and selecting North Port Public Library. (Don't forget to click on the "Confirm Selection" button at the bottom of the page.)

If you aren't sure whether or not you are ready for Intermediate-level origami, try taking one of Teresa's Beginner-level classes first. For more information about Beginner origami classes, click here.

Models Folded by Intermediate Students at January 2024 Class

Here are some lovely versions of an origami model called the Heart-Shaped Flowery Plate, designed by Tomoko Fuse. This model is a good example of modular (or unit) origami -- a type of origami which entails folding a number of modules (or units), usually identical, and then assembling them without the use of tape, glue, or other adhesive.

For more information about this model, click here.
 

The Heart-Shaped Flowery Plate requires four units. Folding each unit is challenging because of three tricky steps which give the unit its three-dimensional shape. The assembly is also challenging because the units can slide out of position during the final steps of the assembly process. The model is not completely stable until all of the units have been firmly locked in place.

All students in the January class were able to complete this somewhat difficult model. As the year continues, more images of student work will be posted to this page.

(Many thanks to Eva Krik for taking the photos shown above and giving permission for them to be displayed on this site.)