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LANGEVELD
- PROFILE PAGE Origami
Master from the Netherlands - Author of 10 Origami
books - Part time IT employee I
like making things with my hands and being creative. I've always had
ideas / new things
in my head which I want to work out for real.
At pre-teen age I made lots of comic book stories, with friends most
times.
I also made things out of Technic Lego (I still do that sometimes).
During teenage I did a lot of software programming, I made simple
games and vector animations.
By doing creative things with computers I met many other computer
freaks and learned
a lot from them.
When I was about 21 years old I started making things from wood,
like
clocks, simple sculptures, small closets and 2 times a poolbiljarts
table.
I was 26 years old when I discovered Origami. The nice thing about
Origami is that you don't need
loads of materials to make something beautiful. Origami doesn't have
to be an expensive hobby,
paper is available in almost every store / shop. Origami
is more for me then just designing models and showing them to other
people.
I also like making things in Origami style, like animations,
computer games / adventures etc.
Just bringing Origami more alive. Origami has given me a lot, not just
financial, but also contacts with other creative people.
My
Origami
Videos After I learned how to design
Origami models, I started making DIY videos with my own models.
MetaCafe and YouTube asked me to be their partner because my videos
had lots of views.
I've earned the most out of YouTube, but deleted my Youtube channel
after 8 Years,
because it was feeling like I was making videos for YouTube instead
of for myself and others.
Nowadays I'm spreading my videos over about 5 different sites,
including a fresh new YouTube channel.
A large newspaper magazine in my country interviewed me once about
my videos and books:
Instead of people visiting my home
, I had an exhibition in a nursery home once, with some of my better
Origami models:
Gardening
Magazine A gardening magazine once placed a
small article about my site with Origami flowers: "If
you think Origami is only about folding cranes you should take a
look at Joost Langeveld 's site to find out Origami is more than
just folding cranes. He folds flowers and leafs which just look
like real ones. If you want to try out
yourself: His site has many folding instructions for flowers and
leafs."
Interview
by Simone FM Simone
FM radio did a live interview with me once.
It was fun to do, I placed the interview in this video:
News
program with my Origami I've also been in a news program from SBS6
Broadcasting once, they had a fun time filming at my home:
Origami
king of the Netherlands Next to Willem-Alexander the
Netherlands has another king now. He might be a little less famous,
but that will probably change soon. It's Origami king Joost Langeveld,
his videos have millions of hits.
Folding
Fish and Chips on Television Today
we have Joost Langeveld in our program, he used to be Origami king,
but now he calls himself
Origami "Master". This title is earned when you are extremely good
in something and Joost really is.
In his DIY videos Joost shows how to fold beautiful Origami models.
His videos have many viewers
all over the world. Joost says: "The fun about Origami is that you
only need one piece of paper" .
Today the Origami Master teaches us how to fold "Fish and Chips" of
his self made papers. (text: Man
Bijt Hond Netherlands)
Origami
Sombrero (article in 4
different newspapers in the Netherlands, about 400-thousand
readers)
This
article has instructions for folding a football supporters
sombrero for the match against Mexico at the WK soccer in 2014 A
real cool supporter sombrero. In your newspaper, to fold it
yourself.
Forget all other supporter items. Sunday we will all have a sombrero
on our head.
Origami artist Joost Langeveld designed the supporter sombrero.
He has a part time IT job and spends most of his time doing the
ancient art of Origami.
Joost is pretty unknown in the Netherlands, but much more popular in
other countries.
Mainly because of his many beautiful flower designs. He made 8 books
until now.
His site has more then 800 viewers a day and his Origami videos have
really many viewers all around the world.
Hands
,,Ten years ago I made an important decision’’, says Joost. ,,I
wanted to be very good at an art or craft.
I have been thinking about woodcraft, but decided that Origami was
more fun for me.
One of my first designs was a giraffe. It only had three legs.
Nowadays I can design one with the full four legs"
Visit
at an Origami Museum We
were really impressed when we visited Joost Langeveld in his Origami
museum.
He has developed into a real Origami-Expert and his house is full of
the most beautiful Origami models.
Langeveld proudly shows us his Escher and Van Gogh, real Origami
masterpieces.
Linda Girls
Magazine Amber Myhre Bosch used my Statue of
Liberty for a picture of an apple shaped wallet (New York).
Origami Letter K design for a paper
factory A company from
the Netherlands (REACH Baarn) asked me to design an Origami K
which looked like the K in the logo they designed for a paper
factory in Germany. The folding instructions with papers were
meant to be used as a gift by this factory.
BZT Show - Origami Dragon
A TV program from the Netherlands invited me to help two
Boys folding a large dragon.
Their wish was to fold a very large Origami Dragon.Folding
it was a little more difficult than they expected.....
Money Origami for a Health Magazine In
commission of MPG today for Espria members association
I folded / designed about nine money models for a site / magazine with
info about health insurances.
Origami
Boat In
commission of LUKKIEN, for Heesen Yachts
I designed this boat for the Monaco Yacht Show 2019,
at guest dinners of a shipyard which makes luxurious yachts (Heesen
Yachts).
The Origami boat is used as table decoration and by magicians
entertaining the guests.
This boat of my is used during the
Monaco Yacht Show, at guest dinners of a shipyard which makes
luxurious yachts (Heesen Yachts).
The Origami boat is used as table decoration and by magicians
entertaining the guests pic.twitter.com/3fEi5ehOmV
Origami
Exhibition in 2021
This is a showcase of a small exhibition I had in 2021. It
showed some of my better Origami and paper models.
Largest Newspaper of the Netherlands: Puzzle
with Paper Please blink your eyes for a few seconds.
Because those croissants on that counter...
Are made of paper!
Just like the aubergines, the cutlery and most
others things. Joost Langeveld (46) is ICT
employee five
mornings a week and Origami Master for the
rest of his time. Whatever he sees and likes,
he can make
out of one paper square.
About 15 years ago Joost had the wish to
become extremely good in something and decided
to focus on
Origami. The first few years he made models
out of other peoples instructions, later he
started designing
his own models, mainly flowers at first. But
also animals and food like a croissant, a
hamburger or
French Fries.
It's difficult designing models with all those
edges, but that's what makes Origami so
interesting.
Designing is like solving a puzzle, Joost
says. Sometimes the model is good in one try,
other times it just
doesn't go right for him. In those cases,
Joost leaves the model for a while and tries
again with a clear
mind a few hours later.
Joost designed about 750 models so far, some
models are real stunning. His house is a true
'Paper Art Museum' full of beautiful creations
like a minature city and a large castle. His
first exhibition
is done now: At his daytime work in a nursing
home.
Joost
lives in a paper paradise(DAGBLAD VAN HET
NOORDEN)
Because of my open house weekend in 2024,
I invited a large newspaper magazine to
come and
take a look in my house. They were very
impressed and made a real nice article
about me 🙂
This is a brief
translation of the article: Joost Langeveld is Origami artist, his
house is full of folded models he
created himself. You could say Joost
created a paper reality. The kitchen for
example, looks like a normal kitchen
with a real dinner table, real plates
etc. but all the food like fried eggs,
hamburgers, strawberries and pastries
are fake. The door of Joost his fridge
is always open, but the milk,
sandwiches, pudding and cheese don't get
spoiled. "My curtains are always closed,
everything discolors by sun real fast.",
says Joost.
Joost works 18 hours a week as ICT
employee in a nursing home, but he
spends most of his time on Origami and
everything that has to do with Origami.
Joost likes working with his hands and
he also wants to be very good in
something, Origami gives him that
opportunity. Before Joost started on
Origami, he tried other things like pool
billiards. As teenager he played in pool
bars and café's, just for fun. In his
early twenties he even practiced 6 hours
a day and became pretty good, sometimes
even clearing the table in one turn. But
pool billiards became to monotonous for
Joost, so he started focussing on
Origami, a logic choice.
Joost got inspired by seeing photos of
Origami artworks on the internet and
started with folding various flowers.
People around him were totally impressed
by the flowers he made and this also
inspired him to go further. Soon he
started making instruction videos and
placed them on Youtube. His videos got
millions of views and were watched all
over the world. "Mostly by woman, but
that doesn't matter", says Joost.
"People folding models which I designed
myself gave me a real kick". Joost
earned a few hundred euros a month with
his videos, but deleted his channel
after a few years.
Fans were really worried, some even
thought Joost was dead. But Joost is
still alive and well. "I just had it
with Youtube, I began feeling like a
Youtube slave. They once asked to check
all videos whether they're made for kids
or not. "I had 500 videos that period, I
had better things to do than checking
500 videos which were already uploaded"
Meanwhile he's back on Youtube, starting
from zero with less subscribers, Joost
shrugs his shoulders. He also makes
Origami books: "This is my first book,
Fabulous Folded Flowers had a first
edition of 12.000 copies, sold in the
USA. And this book, Flower Origami, more
than 75.000 copies sold, really.
Joost isn't an Origami purist, he also
made things like a mini-city with ferris
wheel and a large witch house. "crafting
/ art should remain fun", says Joost
Soon, Joost is having an Open house.
About 50 to 80 people already
registrated for the open house weekend
in April. To avoid Project X situations
(You never know in Haren), Joost wants
to spread his visitors a little. "So, if
more people are interested they can
contact me to make an appointment for
visiting".