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FUN DISPLAY — Kendel Josey recently had her origami and paper quilling work on display at the Warsaw Community Public Library. The display included a large origami dragon consisting of 422 folded pieces of paper. Photo by Lauren Zeugner. By LAUREN ZEUGNER Associate Editor Anyone visiting the Warsaw Community Public Library during the month of May may have noticed the community display case featuring artwork done by Kendel Josey. Kendel, 14, from Leesburg, has been doing origami and paper quilling for several years. The display case featured a large lizard and an Asian dragon that featured hundreds of small pieces of paper folded into shape. Kendel said both pieces are considered “beginner” pieces when it comes to origami. Also in the case were examples of paper quilling, which involves taking small strips of paper and putting them together to create a picture. Kendel said she started with origami, and has sold some of her work at the Kids Business Expo held every year in North Webster. As a ninthgrader, Kendel is now too old to participate in the Expo, so the library display was the first time people got a chance to see her work in about a year. She received a quilling book in October and has just started experimenting with it. Kendel explained quilling takes more time and isn’t as transportable as origami. She usually has origami paper in her purse that she can fold into a small animal, flower or even a box when she’s feeling anxious.
“Getting over the THIS frustration of learnIS HOW IT’S ing (how to do it) DONE — Kendel Josey was a hurdle. demonstrates how she turns Once she learned a simple piece of paper into a it, it helped with small work of art. Josey often that anxiety and carries origami paper with her angst,” explained as she finds folding paper Julie Josey, her helps with her anxiety. mom. Photo by Lauren If she doesn’t have Zeugner. any paper, she’s been known to use paper menus at restaurants. “Many a waitress has been gifted with a piece of origami,” said Julie. And folding a piece of paper into an animal takes Kendel anywhere from 30 seconds to two minutes depending on what she’s making. Kendel also loves animals and has donated the proceeds she earned from the Business Fair, which was several hundred dollars, to Black Pine Animal Sanctuary in Albion. Kendel, who IT is home-schooled, TAKES DEXvisited the sancTERITY — Shown tuary on a few is some of Kendel’s work field trips and when it was on display in the then started Warsaw Community Public to volunteer, Library. All the items shown even though are considered beginner she is techniprojects in origami. Photo cally too young. provided by Julie She’s allowed to Josey. help out if her mom is with her. “Kendel can relate to these animals. Most are misunderstood. … Most have had bad experiences with humans,” Julie explained. Continued on page 3