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LANGEVELD
IN THE MEDIA (TV, newspapers, magazines) Origami
/ paper / folding artist from the Netherlands - Author of 10
Origami books Traditional
media (television, magazines and newspapers) regularly ask me to
help them make
an item with my paper and Origami models. They're always very
enthusiastic when they see my
models and artworks in real.
"Joost
his house is full of Origami" - OOG TV
media network Joost
Langeveld has been doing Origami for
about 20 years now. Due to this hobby
that got out of the hand his house
became a real Origami museum. "Paperfolding had something
fascinating", Joost says "Making
something beautiful out of just one
paper, without cutting." Joost started
his hobby 20 years ago. "You can
actually make everything out of paper:
Cars, a Ferris Wheel, houses, furniture.
So you never get bored with it."
20 years of folding has it's cons for
Joost, he can't really use his own
bathroom and kitchen at the moment,
because they're full of paper artworks.
There's mainly 'paper food' in his
kitchen. "I can take a shower and cook
at my mothers home, she lives nearby.
And I can wash my clothes in my own
home, luckily." Click here to see the
original article by OOG TV
Item
in newsprogram - Hart van Nederland This is me in Hart
van Nederland, a newsprogram in the
Netherlands. They interviewed me during my open
house weekend in 2024: "And Joost keeps on folding. His
house is getting real full with paper models, he almost doesn't fit
in it himself"
Origami
artist lives between paper models (By RTV Noord, a
media network in the Netherlands)
There are hundreds of paper/Origami models in the
house of Origami Master Joost Langeveld. Almost
everything on the first floor is made of paper.
"I've Always liked working with my hands. And it
seemed fascinating to me to make something complex
out of just one paper."
Joost his first floor is not really suitable for
normal living anymore. "I have a normal living place
upstairs. I can't use my shower at the moment,
there's a large paper lighthouse in it now. If I'd
be living here for about 10 years longer, I would
create a shower cabin upstairs. Origami is a part of
my life now, but I'm planning to buy a larger house
once." Click here to read the original
article by RTV Noord
Joost
lives in a paper
paradise(DAGBLAD
VAN HET NOORDEN) Because of my open
house weekend in 2024, I invited a large newspaper
magazine to come and
take a look in my house. They were very impressed and
made a real nice article about me 🙂
This is a brief
translation of the article: Joost Langeveld is Origami artist, his
house is full of folded models he
created himself. You could say Joost
created a paper reality. The kitchen for
example, looks like a normal kitchen
with a real dinner table, real plates
etc. but all the food like fried eggs,
hamburgers, strawberries and pastries
are fake. The door of Joost his fridge
is always open, but the milk,
sandwiches, pudding and cheese don't get
spoiled. "My curtains are always closed,
everything discolors by sun real fast.",
says Joost.
Joost works 18 hours a week as ICT
employee in a nursing home, but he
spends most of his time on Origami and
everything that has to do with Origami.
Joost likes working with his hands and
he also wants to be very good in
something, Origami gives him that
opportunity. Before Joost started on
Origami, he tried other things like pool
billiards. As teenager he played in pool
bars and café's, just for fun. In his
early twenties he even practiced 6 hours
a day and became pretty good, sometimes
even clearing the table in one turn. But
pool billiards became to monotonous for
Joost, so he started focussing on
Origami, a logic choice.
Joost got inspired by seeing photos of
Origami artworks on the internet and
started with folding various flowers.
People around him were totally impressed
by the flowers he made and this also
inspired him to go further. Soon he
started making instruction videos and
placed them on Youtube. His videos got
millions of views and were watched all
over the world. "Mostly by woman, but
that doesn't matter", says Joost.
"People folding models which I designed
myself gave me a real kick". Joost
earned a few hundred euros a month with
his videos, but deleted his channel
after a few years.
Fans were really worried, some even
thought Joost was dead. But Joost is
still alive and well. "I just had it
with Youtube, I began feeling like a
Youtube slave. They once asked to check
all videos whether they're made for kids
or not. "I had 500 videos that period, I
had better things to do than checking
500 videos which were already uploaded"
Meanwhile he's back on Youtube, starting
from zero with less subscribers, Joost
shrugs his shoulders. He also makes
Origami books: "This is my first book,
Fabulous Folded Flowers had a first
edition of 12.000 copies, sold in the
USA. And this book, Flower Origami, more
than 75.000 copies sold, really.
Joost isn't an Origami purist, he also
made things like a mini-city with ferris
wheel and a large witch house. "crafting
/ art should remain fun", says Joost
Soon, Joost is having an Open house.
About 50 to 80 people already
registrated for the open house weekend
in April. To avoid Project X situations
(You never know in Haren), Joost wants
to spread his visitors a little. "So, if
more people are interested they can
contact me to make an appointment for
visiting".
Joost Langeveld transformed the first floor of his
appartment into a real Origamiworld. His inspiration and
love for Origami seems to never stop: "I still have just
as much new ideas as when I seriously started practising
Origami."
Joost started folding about 20 years ago, motivated by the
increasing amount of positive reactions of mainly woman.
Several media made an item or article about Joost his
talent. A while ago Joost had an open house weekend
because all the attention he got so far. "That was real
fun, basically everybody was very impressed seeing my
house", Joost stays modest under all this attention.
FOLDING MASTER His productivity is visible by the overwhelming amount
and diversity of his folded models. "95% is my own
design." If you take a close look at each single model
you'll soon notice that Joost isn't only very productive,
but a true Master in the Asian folding art. In the kitchen
stands a small bowl with ingenious designed M&M's.
Each M&M is folded out of one small paper and the
clearly visible white letter M is also folded. Details
like the spines of an hedgehog and body of a bee also show
his creativity and craftsmanship.
BOOKS That YouTube has given advice to Joost is very logical,
because he has a lot more fans outside the Netherlands.
"About 15 years ago a book publisher in the USA showed
interest in my flower models. She had seen my website and
wanted to make a book with my own designed Origami
flowers. Later I made more books with her, like animals,
dinosaurs and horror models. My books are mainly sold in
the USA."
ORIGAMI FREE Despite his house is really full with Origami, Joost
still isn't tired of designing new models. "A larger place
for my models would be nice once. Upstairs is still
Origami free, I'm glad to see no Origami for a while in
the evening."
My
Origami Videos After I learned how to design
Origami models, I started making DIY videos with my own models.
MetaCafe and YouTube asked me to be their partner because my videos
had lots of views.
I've earned the most out of YouTube, but deleted my Youtube channel
after 8 Years,
because it was feeling like I was making videos for YouTube instead
of for myself and others.
Nowadays I'm spreading my videos over about 5 different sites,
including a fresh new YouTube channel.
Local
Newspaper Magazine I invited the local newspaper
to come and take a look during my first open house weekend and
they
placed a small article about it in Haren de Krant , a local newspaper
magazine in the Netherlands: Click to see the original article As teenager he was handy with computers and made small computer
games. He also went to several computer fairs and met other
computerfreaks. “But eventually the digital world was to empty for
me, it's not tangible”, Joost says. “I wanted to work with my
hands. I made a steering wheel for racing games once, completely
out of wood. I was actually pretty good in woodworking.” Later
Joost lost his interest in woodworking a discovered a new
material: paper. The art of Origami draw his attention and Joost
started folding a few models, just for fun. Folding a dog or a
flower. "Origami had something magical and I kept on folding,
discovering new things each time I started on a new model".
Gardening
Magazine A gardening magazine once placed a
small article about my site with Origami flowers: "If
you think Origami is only about folding cranes you should take a
look at Joost Langeveld 's site to find out Origami is more than
just folding cranes. He folds flowers and leafs which just look
like real ones. If you want to try out
yourself: His site has many folding instructions for flowers and
leafs."
Short
Guided Tour through my (Origami) house: RTV
Noord (a TV network from the Netherlands) was the first to come at
my home for a television interview:
Interview
by Simone FM Simone
FM radio did a live interview with me once.
It was fun to do, I placed the interview in this video:
News
program with my Origami This
was the first time people from SBS6
Broadcasting came filming at my house: Origami
king of the Netherlands Next to Willem-Alexander the
Netherlands has another king now.
He might be a little less famous, but that will probably change
soon.
It's Origami king Joost Langeveld, his videos have millions of
hits.
Folding
Fish and Chips on Television Today we have Joost Langeveld
in our program, he used to be Origami king, but now he calls himself
Origami "Master". This title is earned when you are extremely good
in something and Joost really is.
In his DIY videos Joost shows how to fold beautiful Origami models.
His videos have many viewers
all over the world. Joost says: "The fun about Origami is that you
only need one piece of paper" .
Today the Origami Master teaches us how to fold "Fish and Chips" of
his self made papers. (text: Man
Bijt Hond Netherlands)
Visit
at an Origami Museum We
were really impressed when we visited Joost Langeveld in his Origami
museum.
He has developed into a real Origami-Expert and his house is full of
the most beautiful Origami models.
Langeveld proudly shows us his Escher and Van Gogh, real Origami
masterpieces.
BZT Show - Origami Dragon A
TV program from the Netherlands invited me to help two Boys
folding a large dragon.
Their wish was to fold a very large Origami Dragon.Folding
it was a little more difficult than they expected.....
Largest Newspaper of the Netherlands: Puzzle with
Paper Please blink your eyes for a few seconds. Because
those croissants on that counter... Are made of
paper!
Just like the aubergines, the cutlery and most
others things. Joost Langeveld (46) is ICT employee
five
mornings a week and Origami Master for the rest of
his time. Whatever he sees and likes, he can make
out of one paper square.
About 15 years ago Joost had the wish to
become extremely good in something and decided to
focus on
Origami. The first few years he made models out of
other peoples instructions, later he started
designing
his own models, mainly flowers at first. But also
animals and food like a croissant, a hamburger or
French Fries.
It's difficult designing models with all those
edges, but that's what makes Origami so interesting.
Designing is like solving a puzzle, Joost says.
Sometimes the model is good in one try, other times
it just
doesn't go right for him. In those cases, Joost
leaves the model for a while and tries again with a
clear
mind a few hours later.
Joost designed about 750 models so far, some models
are real stunning. His house is a true
'Paper Art Museum' full of beautiful creations like
a minature city and a large castle. His first
exhibition
is done now: At his daytime work in a nursing home.
Interview
by Simone FM
News
program with my Origami
Folding
Fish and Chips on Television 
BZT Show - Origami Dragon
Largest Newspaper of the Netherlands: Puzzle with
Paper
