Steven Casey

I discovered Origami circa1970, my first Origami book was Origami 1 by Robert Harbin. I began creating original designs by 1975 and joined the British Origami Society in 1976. I have been a member of a number Societies over the years including The British Origami Society, New Zealand Origami Society, Friends Of the Origami Centre of America , Origami USA and Melbourne Origami Group. I have contributed to many exhibits locally and internationally and was involved in producing three books for publication, Origami Day of the Dead co-authored with Mathew Gardiner, Everything Origami by Mathew Gardiner, contributing two chapters, "Animals" and "Dinosaurs" , The Echidna by Steven Casey compiled by NIck Robinson as a booklet for the British Origami Society. My main focus in designing Origami is figurative, and I like to incorporate patterns using colour combinations, and textures as seen in my Echidna, in my work. My preference is to design using square paper, I have however used other shapes to create. My commissioned work includes making Penguins with bow ties, and life size Echidnas for a Melbourne Retailer called Made in Japan Imports, Custom hats for Fashion Retailer Susans, a Wallaby ( a small Kangaroo) for the Australian national Rugby Union team known as The Wallabys, a Pegasus featured in artwork on an Album cover by Lincoln Le Ferve and the Insiders. I was part of an independent film by Cathal Geany called making friends. I created a number of pieces, for the film and acted as a hand double for the folding sequences. Locally I have appeared on Television to talk about and demonstrate origami in a segment for Shirl's Neighbourhood. As part of Melbourne Origami I worked with Mathew Gardiner, Darren Scott and many other to create a life sized house, in the Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, for our first ever Convention in 2005. As part of the creative team I designed three dimensional bricks that allowed us to build the house and several pieces of life sized furniture. The project involved local communities and members of the Melbourne Origami Group, the event was milestone in Australian Origami history.