Saburo Kase lost his sight completely after graduating from elementary school. However, that hasn't stopped this seventy-two year old Origami craftsman. He learned Origami paper folding as a child and, for the past forty five years, he's been creating works mainly of plants and animals. He was fond of drawing in his elementary school days and, after losing his sight completely, he wanted to continue to be creative in some way. As part of his volunteer activities he's been teaching the craft of paper folding to senior citizens, children and people with disabilities. His original creations reveal his kind nature and love of Origami.
SHOWS:
TOKYO, JAPAN. RECENT
Saburo Kase walks up hill;
vs of Kase folding paper into origami figures;
CU origami animal figures;
SOT Saburo Kase (Japanese) : "I cannot see, so I try to caputre shapes by touching with my own hands or by listening to television programs on nature. When I went to Africa, I listened to the sound of a herd of elephants and could feel the the earth shaking under their weight. I imagined how massive they must be"; (overlay with elephants);
VS of Kase at home for people with disabilities;
vs teaching children how to make origami figures;
VS of photographer Eiji Tajima;
SOT Eiji Tajima (Japanese) : "I was looking for toys that refugee children could play with. I learned about Saburo's work twenty years ago and asked for his help."
Photographs of Kase with orphan children from around the world;
Kase with Tajima planning zoo project;
B/W photographs of Croatian zoo;
Kase with Tajima making origami animals for zoo project;
Saburo Kase lost his sight completely after graduating from elementary school. However, that hasn't stopped this seventy-two year old Origami craftsman. He learned Origami paper folding as a child and, for the past forty five years, he's been creating works mainly of plants and animals. He was fond of drawing in his elementary school days and, after losing his sight completely, he wanted to continue to be creative in some way. As part of his volunteer activities he's been teaching the craft of paper folding to senior citizens, children and people with disabilities. His original creations reveal his kind nature and love of Origami.
SHOWS:
TOKYO, JAPAN. RECENT
Saburo Kase walks up hill;
vs of Kase folding paper into origami figures;
CU origami animal figures;
SOT Saburo Kase (Japanese) : "I cannot see, so I try to caputre shapes by touching with my own hands or by listening to television programs on nature. When I went to Africa, I listened to the sound of a herd of elephants and could feel the the earth shaking under their weight. I imagined how massive they must be"; (overlay with elephants);
VS of Kase at home for people with disabilities;
vs teaching children how to make origami figures;
VS of photographer Eiji Tajima;
SOT Eiji Tajima (Japanese) : "I was looking for toys that refugee children could play with. I learned about Saburo's work twenty years ago and asked for his help."
Photographs of Kase with orphan children from around the world;
Kase with Tajima planning zoo project;
B/W photographs of Croatian zoo;
Kase with Tajima making origami animals for zoo project;
