ABOVE: Master origami artist Robert Lang uses his mathematical skills, science background, and considerable
artistic talents to create lifelike creatures in his Alamo, Calif., office, home to creatures like the one perched
on his finger, Simple Parrot, opus 415, and those on his desk: Pill Bug, opus 343, Scorpion Varileg, opus 379,
Western Pond Turtle, opus 404, and Mount Diablo Tarantula, opus 481. TOP RIGHT: Dancing Crane, opus 460
MIDDLE RIGHT: Bull Moose, opus 413 LOWER RIGHT: Water Strider, opus 472 BELOW: Instrumentalists