When someone posts a picture of someone else’s work and claims it as their own, they are clearly just trying to get attention without having to do any work. Sarah clearly did real artistic work, even after borrowing the patterns of others her creations were not trivial. I would expect someone willing to make artwork like hers to understand the effort other artists put into their work, and see that they would want some attribution for their designs.

I’m glad to see things ended in your favor, it may not be case law, but I think people will look to this case as an example of what should be considered a derivative work when dealing with origami. If you can still fold and collapse a base with it, it is probably a derivative work.

P.S. I really enjoyed Sipho Mabona’s “I AM BETTER AT ORIGAMI THAN SARAH MORRIS” series, I never though something with such a mocking title would remind me so much of the Bauhaus movement.

-Devon H.

I typically use a cutting mat (which you can see under the knives in the photo) to cut against. I didn’t notice any particular extra life with the Z-series, but the stuff I cut is highly variable in how it dulls blades, so it would be hard to observe a trend without doing systematic testing. And last, I highly recommend using a metal-edge straightedge and triangle to get “the perfect square.” Happy cutting! (And folding!)

Thank You,
Devon H.