From left: Vicky Mihara Avery, Meenakshi Mukerji, David Shall, Linda Mihara.

Photo by J.K. Yamamoto

Paper Tree in San Francisco Japantown on Sept. 22 hosted a book-signing featuring two authors with very different styles of origami.

David Shall, visiting from Pennsylvania, is a highly regarded origami instructor and creator. One of his more famous models is the Statue of Liberty, which he created for the 100th anniversary of the statue in New York.

His first book, Papercopia, features 24 original designs, including a basket, candlestick, coin purse, and daffodil. His designs can be seen on-line at www.papercopia.com.

Meenakshi Mukerji resides in Cupertino and is relatively new to the origami world. Her style of origami is called “unit” or “modular” origami, and her creations include floral balls and dodecahedrons (an object with 12 plane faces).

Marvelous Modular Origami is her first publication, and her models can be viewed at www.origamee.net.

Owned and operated by the Mihara family, Paper Tree has promoted origami since it opened in 1978.

To see award-winning origami creations by sisters Linda Mihara and Vicky Mihara Avery, or to purchase origami books and origami supplies, visit the store at 1743 Buchanan Mall (near Sutter). For more information, call (415) 921-7100 or go to www.paper-tree.com.

(Note: Although Buchanan Mall was recently renamed Osaka Way, the mailing addresses of Paper Tree and other businesses in the mall remain the same.)

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