.png)
Where Art & Community Meet
Alice Larson
Artist Statement
I generally fold basic origami shapes, often combining them with monofilament line, wire, and beads to make unexpected creations. These include small mobiles, jewelry that never looks like paper, and large 1000 crane hangings strung to form a design or picture. Sometimes my art is a commentary such as my "Forest of Lost Souls," a commemorative hanging, that can be viewed at Voice of Vashon studios, consisting of one folded crane for each person who has died of Covid 19 in King County, Washington. My latest endeavors include using multiple origami pieces to make realistic-looking flowers as well as blossom branches which combine small flower clusters with madrone wood. I have also been studying the structure of trees to help me create bonsai versions using tiny cranes for leaves.
Artist Medium(s)
Origami, Jewelry
Artist Links
Artist Bio
Alice Larson, an origami artist, attributes her passion to a 1992 social services research-related project where, forced to listen to lawyers arguing for hours, she measured the pain by the number of folded cranes she made. Realizing this was her therapy and that the primary material "paper" is everywhere, she became unstoppable. Showing at local festivals and other venues, she operated her own origami gallery on Vashon Island for seven years, publicly demonstrating that her colorful and unusual creations make people smile while they come to appreciate origami principles found in nature and used today in medicine, science, and even space travel. It is her honor to continue to introduce people to this ancient traditional Japanese art form.