Public Workshops
Paper Folding Workshop
Format: Public Workshops
Title: Folding Workshops I Flexible
Number of participants: by arrangement
Event: Museums, Brands, Companies, Events
Previous knowledge: "Beginner"-No previous knowledge, "Intermediate and Advanced Techniques" - previous knowledge required
Language: German or English
Additional materials: Workbook, Goodie Bag, Tools& Templates, Certificate of participation, Gimmick
Duration: by arrangement
Location: by arrangement
Kristina Wißling provides special folding technique and origami workshops for brands, universities, as well as In-House innovation workshops in companies. The workshops are led by designer Kristina Wißling, who has more than 10 years of teaching experience. Lecture groups range from architecture and design students to corporate R&D departments. We have already provided numerous workshops focusing on geometry and folding techniques, including ETH Zurich, RWTH Aachen, Bauhaus University Weimar, Burg Giebichtenstein in Halle, Durable, Sachsenröder and Miele. Public Hands-On are available as well as Online-Workshops. If you are interested in an Hands-On "in person" or Online-Workshop on folding techniques, please get in touch.
Studio Kristina Wißling has also already held a large number of folding technique workshops for clients such as Zeiss, Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank and Rituals at events and in stores. Tailor-made objects were created to complement brand campaigns and visuals and were given to clients in form of give-aways. If you are interested in a tailor-made workshop or demonstration, feel free to contact us.
CLIENTS
Innovative Citizen Festival - Ars Electronica - Zeiss - Rituals - Militärhistorisches Museum Dresden - Deutsche Apotheker und Ärztebank
INSTRUCTOR
Kristina believes that everyone can learn Origami and Paper Folding and she`s willing to unveil and share secrets about different folding techniques and materials. Teaching workshops since 2008, she has welcomed over 500 attendees that want to learn more about paperfolding and design.
Kristina Wißling's path led her work as a freelance designer, after training as a media designer and studying communication design in Dortmund. After further training, she received her first award for her concept "Origami for the industry" in 2009. In 2010, she was a prize winner in the Federal Government's competition of cultural and creative pilots and in 2011 she was named one of the "100 women of tomorrow" - Land of Ideas under the patronage of the President.
In addition to her work in product development with her own office in South Westphalia, she regularly teaches at universities, gives workshops and lectures at research institutions such as the Fraunhofer Institute, in companies, and at conferences and congresses. Her focus is on geometry and folding techniques and the construction of crease pattern.
Studio Kristina Wißling runs public paper engineering and origami workshops for brands, organisations and private clients in Germany and abroad. The workshops are taught by the designer and folding specialist Kristina Wißling who has over 15 years of teaching experience. Previous clients include Zeiss, Rituals, Militärhistorisches Museum Dresden and Deutsche Apotheker und Ärztebank. The origami workshops are a great way for people to come together to do something creative and inspiring.
During the pandemic Kristina developed and ran online workshops for companies. The origami workshops are now On-Site and virtual possible. As well as teaching paper engineering and origami workshops, Kristina creates large scale origami installations and monumental origami for brands such as Grundig, Kubota, Kludi, Deutsche Apotheker und Ärztebank.
Images of previous origami workshops can be found below and Kristina`s other origami projects can be seen here.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ARE THE SHAPES DIFFICULT?
Our origami and introduction to paperfolding workshops include shapes that look beautiful and complex but are simple to learn, with clear folding instructions and a little patience. The practical workshops are run at a pace suited to the participants so that no one feels rushed and it is a relaxing experience. If you would like to book a series of workshops, Kristina can teach more advanced shapes over time as the participants build up their skill level.
HOW LONG ARE THE WORKSHOPS?
We can customize the event to meet your requirements but group sessions are typically between 1-2,5 hours. It is also possible to organize workshops for a half or full day where a few hundred people stop by for 5-15 mins to learn one or two shapes at an event. We can also create a series of events where participants progress each week/ month to make more complex folding structures. This is particulary popular with corporates where teams attend a block of paper engineering workshops.
WHAT MATERIALS DO WE NEED TO PARTICIPATE?
Kristina provides all materials required for the workshops. We use matt high quality japanese papers in a range of different colours, luxury pearlescent papers, as well as scissors, glue, creasing tools and rulers where required. If you have a particular theme or colour scheme for the event, we are happy to tailor the colour scheme to fit. As an optional extra, we can prepare material kits for the participants to take away from the workshop so they can continue their creativity at home.
WORKSHOP MATERIALS AND BESPOKE FOLDING KITS
Kristina Wißling provides all materials required for the booked origami workshop. We supply matt papers from Canson, luxury pearlescent and high quality papers from Antalis (Arjocreatives) and Gmund, and special origami papers in a range of different colours. Synthetic papers in different sizes are also available, as well as glue, creasing tools, rulers and scissors where required. If you have a particular theme or colour scheme (CI Colours) for the event, we are happy to tailor the colour scheme to fit. Optional, for a more tailored experience, bespoke and specially designed kits can be prepared including materials and tools to match the structures to be folded in your chosen workshop. Participants can take away the prepared kits from the workshop, so they can bring their folded designs safe home and continue their creativity at home.
For those interested in our workshops, and similar to us, cannot exist without creating and designing things, we have several thematic Kits available like the Sliceform and Origami Kit. Depending on the workshop, an folding kit consists of a goodie bag, a workbook, patterns that will be folded, tools, a certificate and a gimmick.
If you are interested in bespoke and specially designed Folding- Kits for one of our workshops, please feel free to contact us.
PREVIOUS ORIGAMI WORKSHOPS
SEE BELOW SOME EXAMPLES OF PAST EVENTS
PAPER FOLDING WORKSHOP - ACADEMY OF ARTS KASSEL
TECHNICAL PRESENTATION - FRAUNHOFER ISC
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP - SMART DESIGN IN AEROSPACE
IN-HOUSE INNOVATION WORKSHOP - SACHSENRÖDER
ORIGAMI ENGINEERING WORKSHOP- BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR
PAPER WORKSHOP - ETH ZÜRICH
ORIGAMI ENGINEERING WORKSHOP- BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR
LECTURE & WORKSHOP - INNOVATIVE CITIZEN FESTIVAL
PAPER FOLDING WORKSHOP - BURG GIEBICHENSTEIN
PAPER SHELTERS - TU DARMSTADT
ORIGAMI WORKSHOP - DO SCHOOL + H&M
ORI*LAB MASTERCLASS - ARS ELECTRONICA
LECTURE & WORKSHOP - RWTH AACHEN
ORIGAMI WORKSHOP - RITUALS - THE SPIRIT OF TSURU
PACKAGING CHALLENGE - DO SCHOOL + H&M
GET IN TOUCH
Please get in touch for a bespoke proposal and include some details if possible:
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Once we have some information and further details, we can send you an estimate along with an agenda showing options and possibilities for structures, shapes and objects that can be learned in the origami workshop.
We are happy to respond to your individual wishes in order to make your unique workshop experience as entertaining and pleasant as possible. So please let us know if you already have ideas that you would like to include.