John Montroll
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John Montroll is an American
master origami
artist and prolific author, well-known by paper-folding enthusiasts throughout the world.
He is the son of Elliott Waters Montroll
, an American scientist and mathematician.
Montroll mastered his first origami book, Honda's How to make Origami, at the age of six, the same age he began creating his own origami animals. He became a member of the Origami Center of America at age twelve. He attended his first origami convention at age 14. Montroll now teaches mathematics at St. Anselm's Abbey School
in Washington, D.C, teaching small groups of advanced math students, AB and BC Calculus. He even teaches an Origami class. One of John Montroll's hobbies is whistling http://www.eorigamipublishing.com/authors.htm. He can whistle in 5 octaves, and has shown this talent at 2 Whistling conventions in Louisburg, North Carolina.
John Montroll pioneered modern origami with the publication of his first book, Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1979, which was the first origami book where each model is folded from single square sheet and no cuts. In the same book he also introduced the origami term "double rabbit ear fold".
United States
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master origami
Origami
is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form...
artist and prolific author, well-known by paper-folding enthusiasts throughout the world.
Biography
John Montroll was born in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
He is the son of Elliott Waters Montroll
Elliott Waters Montroll
Elliott Waters Montroll was an American scientist and mathematician.-Education:...
, an American scientist and mathematician.
Montroll mastered his first origami book, Honda's How to make Origami, at the age of six, the same age he began creating his own origami animals. He became a member of the Origami Center of America at age twelve. He attended his first origami convention at age 14. Montroll now teaches mathematics at St. Anselm's Abbey School
St. Anselm's Abbey School
St. Anselm's Abbey School is an all boys's preparatory school for grades six through twelve in Washington D.C.. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington...
in Washington, D.C, teaching small groups of advanced math students, AB and BC Calculus. He even teaches an Origami class. One of John Montroll's hobbies is whistling http://www.eorigamipublishing.com/authors.htm. He can whistle in 5 octaves, and has shown this talent at 2 Whistling conventions in Louisburg, North Carolina.
John Montroll pioneered modern origami with the publication of his first book, Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1979, which was the first origami book where each model is folded from single square sheet and no cuts. In the same book he also introduced the origami term "double rabbit ear fold".
Publications
- Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1979
- Animal Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1985
- Origami American Style; Zenagraf, 1990
- Origami Sculptures (with Andrew Montroll); Antroll Pub. Co., 1990
- Origami Sea Life (with Robert J. LangRobert J. LangDr. Robert J. Lang is an American physicist who is also one of the foremost origami artists and theorists in the world. He is known for his complex and elegant designs, most notably of insects and animals. He has long been a student of the mathematics of origami and of using computers to study the...
); Dover Publications, 1990 - Prehistoric Origami; Dover Publications, 1990
- African Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1991
- Easy Origami; Dover Publications, 1992
- Origami Inside-Out; Dover Publications, 1993
- Birds in Origami; Dover Publications, 1995
- North American Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1995
- Favorite Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1996
- Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami; Dover Publications, 1996
- Teach Yourself Origami; Dover Publications, 1998
- Bringing Origami to Life; Dover Publications, 1999
- Dollar Bill Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 2000
- Bugs and Birds in Origami; Dover Publications, 2001
- A Plethora of Origami Polyhedra; Dover Publications, 2002
- Dollar Bill Origami; Dover Publications, 2003
- A Constellation of Origami Polyhedra; Dover Publications, 2004
- Origami: Birds And Insects; Dover Publications, 2004
- Origami: Wild Animals; Dover Publications, 2004
- Easy Christmas Origami; Dover Publications, 2006
- Christmas Origami; Dover Publications, 2006
- Storytime Origami; Dover Publications, 2009
- Origami Polyhedra Design; AK Peters, 2009
- eZ Origami"; Kindle Edition by Antroll Publishing Company (April 17, 2010)
- eZ Origami";Smashwords Edition by eOrigami Publishing (May 8, 2010)
- Easy Dollar Bill Origami; Dover Publications (May 20, 2010)
- Dinosaur Origami; Dover Publications (June 9, 2010)
- Origami Jungle Birds"; Kindle Edition by Antroll Publishing Company; 1 edition (June 16, 2010)
- Origami Under The Sea (with Robert J. LangRobert J. LangDr. Robert J. Lang is an American physicist who is also one of the foremost origami artists and theorists in the world. He is known for his complex and elegant designs, most notably of insects and animals. He has long been a student of the mathematics of origami and of using computers to study the...
); Dover Publications (July 15, 2010)