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What We Are Up To
Taro's Teachers

Ben Friesen, Senior Teacher and Head of Corporate Projects, Philadelphia PA
Ben is an origami expert who has been folding since the age of 5, when his mother gave him a dinosaur origami book. Today, with over 25 years of teaching experience, Ben has instructed everyone from infants to grandparents in ...

Justin West, Senior Teacher in San Diego, CA
Justin was first mesmerized by folded paper when his grandfather folded him a glider plane that could really fly. At 4 years of age, he learned how to fold the plane himself. Later that year, a woman from Japan brought ...

Frank Ling, Senior Teacher and Head of Design, New York NY
Ever since the age of 5, when his grandfather folded a frog from a dollar bill, Frank Ling has had a fascination with the art of paper folding. In 2012, he began working as an instructor at Taro’s Origami Studio ...

Jeff Raab, Senior Teacher in Milford, CT
Jeff has been practicing origami for 30 years. He has taught students of all ages and skill levels with Taro’s Origami Studio since 2014, and folded models for corporate commissions and live events. He has also emceed Origami Performances along ...

Jennifer Linderman, Senior Teacher in Oakland, CA
Jennifer didn’t start paper folding until later in life when she became a stay-at-home-Mother to two children, Max and Sophie. After purchasing her first Origami bird-making kit, she couldn’t stop folding paper and within the next year began her own After ...















