Artist Benjamin John Coleman

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My latest press release regarding a paper composite material I have invented is available for download below in either Adobe PDF or Word 97 formats.  For some reason my ISP is compressing the images from the press release.  If you need high resolution images, please contact me and I will email them to you. 

You can download compressed photographs from the press release by following these steps:

1.  Click on the image and it will appear in a new window on your computer.
2.  Right click on that image in the new window and choose "save picture as."
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3-31-09 Adobe PDF Press Release
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3-31-09 Word Doc Press Release

Recent Press Coverage

NPR's Studio 360 9/25/09

Providence Journal 6/6/09

Pawtucket Times 8/4/08

GreenLiving.com 4/1/09

Recycling News 4/12/09


Did you know that:

During the great depression women who could no longer afford fresh cut flowers made them from paper.

Origami Bonsai is the fusion of origami, bonsai and makigami.

Wildlife often mistake plastic for food, and because they can't degest it it remains in their stomachs until they regurgitate it or die.  Makigami is digestible.

Origami was developed simultaneously in Japan and Germany.

Makigami is easily mass produced by feeding strips of saturated newsprint through three rollers and then exposing them to sunlight until they are dry.

Makigami is half the weight of plastic.

Makigami can be made with a water-resistant coating for consumer items like toothbrushes.

During recessions idle workers develop new technologies that fuel the next economic expansion.

An Origami Bonsai sculpture has a smaller carbon footprint than imported fresh cut flowers.


Origami Bonsai® is a trademark of Benjamin J. Coleman, all rights reserved. 
All information on this web site is subject to change without notice and is copyright 2007, Benjamin J. Coleman, all rights reserved.