John Montroll (born January 1, 1960) is an American origami 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.
Biography
John Montroll was born in Washington, D.C.The Origamian, Vol.9, Issue 3, 1970, Published by the Origami Center He is the son of Elliott Waters Montroll, an American scientist and mathematician. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Rochester, a Master of Arts in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Arts in applied mathematics from the University of Maryland.
Montroll mastered his first origami book, Isao Honda's How to make Origami, at the age of six, the same age he began creating his own origami animals.The Paper, Issue 55, Summer 1996, The Magazine of OrigamiUSA He became a member of the Origami Center of America at age twelve. 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.
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. In the same book he introduced the origami term "double rabbit ear fold." He is also known for inventing the "dog base". 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 Animal Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1985 Origami American Style; Zenagraf, 1990 Origami Sculptures (with Andrew Montroll); Antroll Pub. Co., 1990 Origami Sea Life (with Robert J. Lang); Dover Publications, 1990 Prehistoric Origami; Dover Publications, 1990 African Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1991 Easy Origami; Dover Publications, 1992 Origami Inside-Out; Dover Publications, 1993 Birds in Origami; Dover Publications, 1995 North American Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1995 Favorite Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1996 Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami; Dover Publications, 1996 Teach Yourself Origami; Dover Publications, 1998 Bringing Origami to Life; Dover Publications, 1999 Dollar Bill Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 2000 Bugs and Birds in Origami; Dover Publications, 2001 A Plethora of Origami Polyhedra; Dover Publications, 2002 Dollar Bill Origami; Dover Publications, 2003 A Constellation of Origami Polyhedra; Dover Publications, 2004 Origami: Birds And Insects; Dover Publications, 2004 Origami: Wild Animals; Dover Publications, 2004 Easy Christmas Origami; Dover Publications, 2006 Christmas Origami; Dover Publications, 2006 Storytime Origami; Dover Publications, 2009 Origami Polyhedra Design; AK Peters, 2009 eZ Origami; Kindle Edition by Antroll Publishing Company (April 17, 2010) eZ Origami; Smashwords Edition by eOrigami Publishing (May 8, 2010) Easy Dollar Bill Origami; Dover Publications (May 20, 2010), Dinosaur Origami; Dover Publications (June 9, 2010), Origami Jungle Birds; Kindle Edition by Antroll Publishing Company; 1 edition (June 16, 2010) Origami Under The Sea (with Robert J. Lang); Dover Publications (July 15, 2010) Origami Dinosaurs for Beginners; Dover Publications, 2013,
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External links www.johnmontroll.com Montroll books on Amazon.com