This rather adorable tiny dino is designed cleverly by Eduardo Clemente:
I am so impressed with the body morphology of this model, position and proportion of limbs seems really well considered. Continue reading
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811: (261/365) Stink Bug
My citrus trees have a problem that starts about now in the season:
Infestations of stinkbugs arrive and soon they are thick with debilitating sucking insects. It would not be so bad but I seem allergic to their secretions, making getting rid of them difficult.
I have tried garlic, chilli spray, soapy water, using an old vacuum cleaner to suck them off but to no avail. Poisons are not something I want to use but seem to have no choice. Continue reading
810: (260/365) Pez
In catch-up mode, this is Eduardo Clement’s “Pez”:
A delightful fish fold that is designed for paper that is the same colour both sides. A charming fold from his book Papiroflexia.
relevant because we recently spent time on the waters of Hervey Bay (yes, we did see whales, but yeah)
809: (259/365) Un Tergo Del Cubo
I am constantly amazed by the variety of techniques on display in Jun Maekawa’s designs, and this cube is no different:
Based, in principle at least, on an acute windmill base, folded asymmetrically, it locks into a geometry that confuses the eye. Continue reading
808: (258/365) Gettin’ Crabby
Now I know I am a few posts behind my fold a day schedule, and will eventually catch up, but thought I would start with this fold: 
Designed by Phạm Hoàng Tuấn, this charming little crab was presented on my Fakebook feed as a photodiagram sequence. Continue reading
Hiatus
…yes, I know I am behind. End of term marking and reporting broke me a bit.
I am on holidays so will ge back to it as soon as I am able. Thanks for hanging in there.
Go fold someone or something … you know you want to.
807: (257/365) Won’t you come and fly ….
…in my beautiful balloon:
This is an 18 section balloon made from 6 modules that overlap and interleave, edge locks that secure the geometry, no glue, no cuts etc. I can see it decorating a small kid’s bedroom, surrounded by planes and rocket ships. Who wants it? Continue reading
806: (256/365) The Gift that keeps Giving
‘Tis marking season (I am a teacher) and I hate marking – do not get me wrong, I love designing assessment, just hate having to mark it, especially under ridiculous deadlines:
This is Xiaoxian Huang’s gift box – a delicate little fold that I had to modify heavily to get the lid to fit given I think the design does not allow for paper thickness. Still it is a lovely thing that is designed to highlight duo paper – expusing a “ribbon” of it all the way round, as if it is gift-wrapped. Continue reading
805: (255/365) Further Fractal Folding
Time is scarce but this was folded while kids were doing a really hard test, figured I should try something hard also:
This is a level 6 fractal fold of the previously folded Shuzo Fujimoto Hydrangea, and a beauty to behold. Continue reading
804: (254/365) Daniela Caboni’s Yin and Yang
The principle of Yin and Yang is a fundamental concept in Chinese philosophy and culture in general dating from the third century BCE or even earlier. This principle is that all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites, for example female-male, dark-light and old-young:
Right now I am trying to balance rest with exhaustion due to a punishing marking schedule. The Yang is winning over the Yin at the moment. Continue reading
803: (253/365) Roman Diaz’s Owl
There are many approaches to folding owls, all concentrate on the eyes and head structure:
This fold takes you on quite a ride. Diagrams taken from “Drawing Origami Tome 1”, the folding sequence is clear and rich, but I am sure my next fold of this model will be better as I now know what becomes what. Continue reading
802: (252/365) Swallowtail
Scrambling for a model for the day, and finding time to actually fold it, I found a lovely butterfly by Yoshihide Momotani:
This is a Swallowtail, and was designed to be folded in bicolour blue, like this. Continue reading
801: (251/365) Oxi Moron
So when invigilating, you cannot mark or do anything that productively uses the time, so sometimes I choose a simple but repetitive fold that I can do without looking anywhere but in the direction of students being examined:
This is Michal Kosmulski’s “Oxi” module – an interesting variation of Tom Hull’s “Phiz” unit. Continue reading
800: (250/365) Yara Yagi’s “Menaca”
800 new models … let that sink in … 800 things I had not folded before – wow, just wow:
I was looking around, as I do, for a model to fold today, I noticed on Fakebook that Winnie Leung from The Sydney Origami Group shared this photo-diagrammed model. Continue reading
799: (249/365) Turning over a New Leaf
…shows you the underside of that leaf, really:
This is Naomiki Sato’s “leaf”, a lovely green thing that is destined to be attached to stems holding up flowers. Continue reading