Talent, patience & origami

Talent can be a beautiful thing -- especially when that talent comes in the form of art.

Meet Mike.  By day, he is a member of the agency's MacoBag crew.  By night, he uses his creative talents to work and makes beautiful paper origami pieces called Japanese kusudama, also known as origami medicine balls.

Mike has a variety of colorful papers he uses to make these beautiful flower balls.  A small one -- like the one I purchased on the left at the agency's annual craft fair -- takes about three and half hours to put together.  I can't even imagine the time behind a medium or large one.  Not only is Mike talented, he also has more patience that anyone I know.

His table was one of the most crowded at the craft fair.  Looking at the picture above, you'll notice the small flower balls attached to his table.  By the time I left, only three or four of those were left.  Many were snagging them up to give away as holiday gifts. 

Congrats to Mike for his success at today's craft fair!