Sensor Tower Origami Workshop

Meet James your instructor!

James W. Peake is a paper folding expert based in Oberlin, OH, who specializes in folding and teaching origami, as well as curating origami exhibitions. After graduating from Oberlin College in 2006, James spent 11 years as the Education Director with the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, where he started the ongoing “FAVA Folding Festival”. An active member of the international origami community, James has organized and hosted over a dozen origami gallery exhibitions that feature master paper folders from around the globe. James has led numerous educational origami programs and events for students young and old with organizations including but not limited to the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Sandusky Cultural Center, the Cleveland International Film Festival, and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. He has worked with several hundred students in several venues over the past 15 years. In 2017, James opened his very own Foldspace Origami Studio in Oberlin, which doubles as an art studio and lesson space for students. He recently became Vice President the online store, The Americas Origami Shop, which supplies books and paper to customers across North and South America.