Andrew Borloz...

...has been playing with paper and paints since childhood.

Formal education: B.S. in industrial design and M.A. in computer science.

Informal education & conventions: Center for Book Arts, Disney Institute, OrigamiUSA, Origami Tanteidan Conventions, Creative Palette, Artiscape, Art Unraveled, and various stamp stores.

Trained in a wide variety of disciplines: architecture, designing, drawing, modelmaking, culinary, origami, photography, papermaking, weaving, printing, color theory, book arts, gardening, journaling, calligraphy, collage, rubber stamping, and altered books.

Professional experience includes designing exhibits for National Park Service, NASA, Smithsonian Institution, Federal Aviation Administration, and Ideal Toy, Co. Did product design for Minolta, Sony, & Technicon (medical equipment company). Done technical illustrations for a book on sound control (John Wiley & Sons).

Taught origami as a volunteer for over 10 years - at conventions in USA (NYC, San Francisco, San Diego); Bologna, Italy; Tokyo, Japan. Former managing editor of OrigamiUSA's Annual Collections.

Past outdoor adventures include dog sledding, winter camping, rappelling, mountain biking, kayaking, scuba diving, canoeing, and desert hiking.

Now developing curriculum, courses, & workshops for origami, paper arts, & special effects techniques. Always eager to learn, create, discover, & share new techniques & tricks every day - a real technique freak!