A dear friend of mine whom I've known for 33 years, Roy Iwaki, died in a bicycle accident on May 24th. 

Roy is being given the Florence Temko Award at the National Origami Conference in New York on Saturday June 26, 2010. The award is given to an accomplished folder who is not part of any orgiami group.Roy developed a completely original form of folding a flat sheet of paper, scored with lines, and folding it into shapes, or masks, representing the twelve animal signs of the Chinese zodiac. 

Roy's long-time devoted friend, Johnny Thorn, and I have the honor of accepting the award on his behalf.  We will also be present for the showing of the DVD of Roy's original and unique roundfolding technique, and hope to share a few memories of our time with this remarkable human being.  

I plan to write more about Roy here in the near future.