I'm a bit late to the party, but to chime in: I LOVE the musical analogy to folding, both in process and finished composition. I also fondly recall my visual arts training at MICA and the "composition" of those visual pieces. Having said that, I generally gravitate toward "design" and prefer these general distinctions:
original designer = designer/creator/composer original design = design/composition secondary folder = artist/folder secondary design = piece/model/fold And bottom line... it "is" art, ambiguous by nature, and consequently free. There's nothing wrong with seeing, experiencing, and learning about a piece to determine its true nature. -- xda www.linkedin.com/in/xander http://www.xanderfolds.com