Tiny van der Plas has enjoyed handicrafts of all descriptions since childhood and her parents, both of whom also enjoyed making things, encouraged her. Throughout her life she has tried many different crafts but when she discovered origami in 1985 she was hooked!
She developed a great love for the wonderful papers and the innumerable folds that this traditional Japanese art form offered. She has teaching qualifications from both the Dutch and Japanese origami organisations and she has taught many very successful origami classes for years. In 1992 she made a modular fold out of fruit tea envelopes for her sister's birthday and the art of tea bag folding was born. Her first book on the subject was printed in 1993. She has continued to develop tea bag folding further over the last 15 years and has written countless books on this very popular form of origami. She is also passionate about paper architecture and has to date written two books on this art form.
