An origami Tyrannosaurus folded from Montroll's instructions
John Montroll is an Americanorigami artist, author, teacher, and mathematician. He has written many books on origami, promoting the single-square, no-cut, no glue approach. Montroll taught mathematics at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, D.C. from 1990 to 2021.
Montroll mastered his first origami book, Isao Honda's How to make Origami, at the age of six,[1] the same age he began creating his own origami animals.[3] He became a member of the Origami Center of America at age twelve.[1] He attended his first origami convention at age 14. In 2021, Montroll retired from his job at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, D.C., where he taught mathematics, as well as an origami class. One of John Montroll's hobbies is whistling. He claims to be able to whistle in five octaves and to have shown this talent at two whistling conventions in Louisburg, North Carolina.[4]
John Montroll pioneered modern origami with the publication of his first book, Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1979, which was the first origami book where each model is folded from single square sheet and no cuts.[5] In the same book he introduced the origami term "double rabbit ear fold."[6] He is also known for inventing the "dog base".[7] His work in the field of origami was briefly mentioned in the York series by author Laura Ruby.
Publications
Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1979 ISBN0486237990
Animal Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1985 ISBN0486247929
