Sipho Mabona, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sipho Mabona

Swiss origami artist

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1980

Place of Birth: Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Profession: Origami artist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sipho Mabona is a Swiss origami master.
He started making paper planes when he was just five years old but ran out of designs for the planes by the time he was 15 and turned to other inspirations.
Mabona was the first-ever foreigner to have his work grace the cover of the official magazine of the Japan Origami Academic Society (JOAS) Convention in 2008.
Mabona was commissioned by an advertising agency to create an origami stop motion video for Japanese sports brand ASICS.
The video won a Grand Prize at the Eurobest, gold at the New York festival, gold at the London International Awards, silver at the Clio in Miami and two times bronze at ADC Germany.
He has made large origami models on display, for example, a giant origami elephant which he live streamed.
He raised 25,000 USD to make it.
He has also designed other animals, including a swallow, a rhino, and a crab, all folded from one square sheet of paper.
He also designs models folded from money and papers with other dimensions, such as the origami locust, folded from a single dollar.