Ayako Brodek's love of origami began when she was a little girl in Japan. After moving to the United States, her fascination with paper foldingcontinued, and she founded OriCraft (www.oricraft.com) to introduce her work to a wider audience. She has since embraced a variety of paper arts, and works to design paper creations that can be loved and used in everyday life, exploring ways to combine papercrafts with other craft techniques.