Le Papillon de Nuit translates, roughly as “The Night Butterfly” – a charming fold with a lovely detailed abdomen:
Unlike the other La Fosse butterflies, this one works and then re-works layers on the wings, making the finished model smaller but unique in shape. Continue reading
Catching up, finally, and continuing exploration of the form, this is a luna moth: apparently the main difference between a moth and a butterfly is that moths typically do not have winds that meet above the body – I may have just made that up:
I like the slight “swallowtail” formation here – lots of work pre butterfly formation in getting proportions right makes this seem graceful. Continue reading
Yes, I know, it is a day late, but i have been busy marking, so, yeah:
This is another Michael LaFosse butterfly – more fancy than most with the pleaty zig zags adding decorative touches. Continue reading
Continuing my exploration of the butterfly form, where better to look than a lovely papillon from Michael LaFosse’s “Butterflies” bible:
This lovely little flapper again uses bicolour paper cleverly, has a nice efficiency of final model size for starting paper size and was fun to fold. Continue reading
Scrumbling through my “must fold list” I came across a curious hand-drawn diagram set from Spain and decided to give it a whirl:
After much torturing (I started with a 35cm square) the result is a rather lovely goat. I think this is my favourite farmyard animal so far – lovely proportions, fantastic modelling potential. Continue reading
Dragons are an origami staple (although using staples is cheating!):
I am always on the lookout for a nice design and Hojyo Takashi’s Dragon is no exception. Continue reading
As I continue to explore the butterfly form, I am amazed by the similarities and differences in approaches taken by origami designers:
It seems the references are firmly divided on what the collective noun for butterflies is. Some say swarm, some flight, others wing. What do you think?
I am on the lookout for others – suggestions please.
Cruising teh interwebs for today’s fold, a butterfly design was shared on the Sydney Origami Society’s Fakebook feed:
This is Rikki Donachie’s Butterfly, a lovely simple but effective butterfly design. Continue reading
I am nothing if not determined at times. This model has beaten me many times but, due to a perfect storm it seemed to just happen in my hands:
This is Satoshi Kamiya’s “Tsuru Rose” – an odd but beautiful combination of a Kawasaki rose twist in the body segment of a traditional Tsuru. Continue reading
When I was in Japan, I bought 2 origami books and have not really folded much from them to date:
The books are totally in Japanese, no English at all so I have NO idea who the designer of this model is.
Made from 4 squares of paper (back legs, front legs, head, tusks) and this is a little beauty. Continue reading
Browsing a BOS convention booklet, I came across a rather nice butterfly designed by Ronald Koh:
This is the Tumasek butterfly, I folded it in duo yellow/green paper making it a little like a cabbage white butterfly. Continue reading
This adorable cheeky monkey is a masterpiece of design:
Using the back colour of the paper to highlight the face and ears, then working a nice body, lovely long tail and all. Continue reading
Trolling through the interwebs, as you do, you oft come across things that you save for later:
This “Little Bear” is a simple model (I have little time today) that I had saved for later but do not know who the designer is, sorry. Continue reading
…little ball of fur! Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr:
When I saw this model, I was fascinated by the whiskers, and wondered if I could fold it at the scale I had origami paper for.
After finger-nail breaking manipulations, I managed to form the head complete with colour changed whiskers and was happy with my first fold. Continue reading
I must admit to enjoying the challenge that is inherent in most of Robert Lang’s designs:
When the Tanteidan magazine arrived, I saw there was a new version of his cicada, and I knew I needed to try it.
Starting with a 35cm square of Daiso washi (that turned out to be slightly rhombic problematically), I began the marathon folding sequence. Continue reading
