All this fantastic world of Oriland was invented and created by the origami-artists Yuri and Katrin Shumakov from paper without gluing and cutting.
Yuri and Katrin Shumakov are internationally recognized professional origami artists. First introduced to origami in France in 1989, they developed this art in a heretofore unseen way. Now residents of Toronto, Canada and authors of many books, they share their art with the world.
They have created an amazing paper world ORILAND with incredible fantasy Kingdoms that impress with rich detail of amazing creations: goblins and wizards, castles of magical wonder, dragons, princesses, trees and flowers, sailing ships and sea creatures, dinosaur skeletons and so much more. Their newest kingdoms Origami Canada Land, Toy-ronto and Albuquerque combine fantasy and reality together, presenting a whimsical artistic rendition of iconic sights of these locations. Their origami designs have been exhibited in different countries across the globe. And now, you can view online this mind blowing work.
Another beautiful and elegant aspect of origami they brought to life is ORIBANA - a marriage of two Japanese arts: Origami and Ikebana. By combining these remarkable art-forms, in early 1990s Katrin and Yuri began to create paper flower arrangements in paper vases and thought up a distinctive name for it - Oribana. Since then they designed more than 50 charming oribana-compositions with a broad variety of origami flowers, leaves and vases.
Being prolific origami authors they created more than a thousand of origami designs from simple forms and cute characters to complex dinosaurs' skeletons and architecture that all have a distinctive Oriland style. Their Oriland Magic Star is a big action origami hit that amazes and dazzles with its mesmerizing effect when rotated.
Psychologists by education, Katrin and Yuri Shumakov have studied how origami helps children learn. Their Ph.D scientific work shows that by doing origami, children develop better use of both hands, whether they are left- or right- handed. They also discovered that origami can improve creativity and intelligence in children ages 7 to 11.
In 1999, Yuri and Katrin received the Silver Award in the ThinkQuest International Competition for their 'Travel to Oriland' website and it brought them and their team to Universal Studios Hollywood for the Award Ceremony! Their Oriland.com website became a winner of the Childnet Award that was given them in Paris, France. Both these projects were acknowledged as high quality creative, educational and fun websites for children and adults.
Yuri and Katrin have written more than 30 origami books, and their works have been exhibited in many countries including several venues in the United States, France, Spain and Canada.
The Shumakovs also extend their artistic talents to the realm of photography and music. Katrin is a winner of the Toronto Photo Contest 2010; her photo art-works were recently exhibited across Canada. Yuri is enjoying music composing and sound design; he has released nine music albums in Space, Ambient, New Age and Smooth Jazz genres.
Katrin and Yuri live in Toronto, Canada, love yoga and a healthy style of life.
Oriland Authors do commissioned art pieces and custom origami work.
Yuri and Katrin have other passions besides paper design - music, photography and more!
Enjoy Oriland and see what origami can be!
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