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Robert Harbin (born Edward Richard Charles Williams; 12 February 1908 – 12 January 1978) [1] was a South African-born magician and author. He is noted as the inventor of a number of classic illusions, including the Zig Zag Girl .
Samuel L Randlett (January 11, 1930 – July 2023) was an American origami artist who helped develop the modern system for diagramming origami folds. Together with Robert Harbin he developed the notation introduced by Akira Yoshizawa to form what is now called the Yoshizawa-Randlett system (sometimes known as Yoshizawa-Randlett-Harbin system). [1]
Her origami Nativity crèche scene is an outstanding example. Ligia Montoya was long the only Spanish-speaking member (honorary) of the Origami Center. Robert Harbin's extended section on Montoya in his 1971 Secrets of Origami [7] is the main source for her designs. Harbin, who there called her "the foremost woman paper-folder today", continued ...
Robert Harbin – popularised origami in Britain; also presented a series of short programmes entitled Origami, made by Thames Television for ITV; Jacob Hashimoto – created a large-scale paper mobile at Mary Boone Gallery [3] David A. Huffman – American electrical engineer [2] Tom Hull – American mathematics professor [2]
This system caught the attention of Samuel Randlett and Robert Harbin, who added a few symbols such as “rotate” and “zoom in”, and then adopted it as the standard. The Yoshizawa–Randlett system was first described in Samuel Randlett's Art of Origami in 1961. [ 1 ]
It was formed from the Origami Portfolio Society which had been founded in 1965. The first president of the new society was Robert Harbin, a noted British magician and author. [4] Later, another notable president was Alfred Bestall, who had been writer and illustrator of Rupert Bear for the London Daily Express, from 1935 to 1965. [5]
The violence in “Harbin” is up close and personal, making Ahn’s decision to spare a vicious Japanese major, Mori Tatsuo (Park Hoon), all the more controversial among his peers. More from Variety
When she read Robert Harbin's Paper Magic (1956) in 1957, it changed her perception of paper folding (origami) from an isolated pastime to an art form in its own right. She began corresponding with prominent figures in origami such as Akira Yoshizawa , and, with Lourie, began to teach it professionally.