Peter Paul Forcher was born in Oberdrum in East Tyrol in 1946. He has been active in origami since 1982. He taught mathematics at the commercial academy in Lienz from 1972 to 2000.

Bird, 1996

The bird was folded from origami paper and held together with double-sided tape.

Owl, 2005

The owl was folded out of hand-marbled paper from Cockerell Studios in Cambridge;

its feet are out of golden paper