Origami Tessellations

About Eric Gjerde

When asked by his parents what he wanted to be when he grew up, five-year-old Eric replied, “a paperologist.” Throughout his childhood and adolescence he enjoyed paper crafts and origami—a frequent birthday gift was stacks of paper and rolls of tape.

After preparing for a technology career, Eric kept looking for an artistic outlet to balance his creative side with his professional life. He returned to his childhood love of paper, and discovered a deeper appreciation for the beauty of origami by exploring and researching new areas of folding. These days, Eric focuses on the geometric art of origami tessellations.

Eric continues to fold, teach, and share his talent through art workshops, origami conventions, international art exhibitions, and through his popular site on the Internet. He currently balances dual careers as a technology professional and paper artist in Minneapolis. You can learn more about Eric’s passion for paper art at www.origamitessellations.com.

Please send inquiries and correspondence to origomi@mac.com.

Comments (10)

10 Responses to “About Eric Gjerde”

1. Trish Says:
   February 15th, 2009 at 5:00 am

   Hi Eric.

   Nice work.

   Perhaps someone here: http://web.mit.edu/origamit/

   … can give you some ideas.

   Good luck.

2. manny Says:
   February 20th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

   hey eric

   i came across your site and dig your work. i see you also reside in minneapolis. As do i! I am actually a recent grad and express my creativity by focusing on digital art, more specifically, glitches and glitch-alikes. good luck with your school hunt.

3. CHARBONNIER Michel Says:
   March 24th, 2009 at 9:53 am

   Hey Eric,

   You placed several links to some pages of my site.
   This site was recently restructured.

   Please change the old links :
   http://www.origami.fr/boutique.html

   to the new one:
   http://origami.fr/trade/lampes.php

   You placed also some links to lamps’ pictures which where renamed. Please review the lamps’ page (link above) and change the links.

   Thank you for referencing my site.

4. Michasli Says:
   April 1st, 2009 at 8:49 am

   Hi Eric,
   Your work is great. I just entered the world of origami tessellations and I am amazed. Just a question. It is very hard to find here in Greece the proper paper for origami tessellations, could you please provide me some sources where I can purchase paper?
   Regards
   Michalis

5. ThanhBinh Says:
   April 28th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

   Hi Eric.

   Nice work.

   Perhaps someone here: http://bmktcn.com/blog/dinhtuyen/wordpress/?cat=1

   … can give you some ideas.

   Good luck.

6. nycdesigner Says:
   June 9th, 2009 at 12:04 am

   Eric’s book has sailed and is doing great!

   Now get a companion calendar for the academic year for August 2009–December 2010, a full 17 months of beautiful pin-ups of origami tess heaven.

   See a preview at http://www.tr.im/nziH

7. Amanda Degener Says:
   July 9th, 2009 at 9:27 am

   What I like about Eric is he is a humble person. He casually says he likes to fold paper then I find out he has a book out and an awesome website. Wow, can he fold paper!

8. Lisa Moore Says:
   August 19th, 2009 at 11:42 am

   Hi Eric, I’m working my way thru your book. I’m currently on the Stacked Triangles. I’m loving it. I was just wondering if you would mind telling me the various kinds of paper you used in the photos for your book. Some of them I recognize as Elephant Hide or glassine but others…I’m not so sure. They are gorgeous. So vibrant and crisp. Mine seem to generally end up pretty crumpled by the time I’m done. :-).

9. Raya Says:
   December 1st, 2009 at 6:07 pm

   Hi!
   My name Is Raya and a big fan of your Work. I am an Interior architecture student from Germany and I’m going to be finished very soon. My thesis Theme is about explaining Ornaments, specialy Islamic Oranaments with Geometrie and Tessilation Origami. I would love to meet you and get some tips when possible, I have also bought your book. Are you going to be in Europe soon?
   My Guid Professor, Mr. Marco Hemmerling who is a talented Designer and Architect and teaching Computer Aided Design (CAD)is also doing this semester a Master Projekt with Tessilations and Architecture connecting with CAD.

   So please let me Know if it is possible to meet you soon.

   best regards Raya

10. ib Says:
    March 3rd, 2010 at 1:34 am

    love your stuff!

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