I know, I am behind, but have been inexplicably tired of late, time to catch up:
This is a swallow, or more correctly a mud lark, but is a fun fold from DOT1 that I was going to try. Continue reading
833: (283/365) Porous
It is interesting how things sometimes just work themselves out:
Here was me, panicking because I had nothing ready or in mind for today’s fold, came home and the latest Tanteidan Magazine was in my mailbox. Continue reading
832: (282/365) “Love You Longtime”
Apparently there is an Origami Olympiad – an annual internet competition where folders are pitted against a collection of challenging folds for points:
This model is the first one from the IVth International Origami Internet Olympiad, a publication that contains other things I will try also. Continue reading
831: (281/365) Swimming Fishie
Perusing my copy of Tanteidan Magazine #163, I came across a cute 2-part model that I thought I should try:
Using orange for the fish and blue for the waves seemed to make sense at the time. Continue reading
830: (280/365) Crab
Exploring Drawing Origami Tome 2, I found this lovely little crab:
Designed by Fernando Castellano, it cleverly divides up a waterbomb base into legs and nippers, isolating them from the body. Continue reading
829: (279/365) Kablang!
Leafing through my copy of Drawing Origami Tome 2, I noticed a spectacular modular designed by Francesco Mancini that I knew I had to try:
Modules folded from 2×1 rectangles lock together really nicely, creating clusters of 3 and 5, forcing the megastructure to curve gently into a spikey ball. Continue reading
828: (278/365) Spaniel
Busy week, nearly at the weekend, this lovely little fold is a perfectly adorable spaniel:
Designed by Patricia Kunz Tomic, in DOT1, I like the use of paper, general proportions and general spanielity. Continue reading
827: (277/365) Metamorphosis
Few things can compare to the biological miracle that allows a caterpillar to become a chrysalis, inside of which it’s body chemistry and morphology transitions from grub to soup to butterfly:
Few models try to capture the whole journey. This set, designed by Fernando Gilgado is an exception. Continue reading
826: (276/365) Pelican
What a wonderful bird is a Pelican, whose beak can hold more than it’s belly can:
We saw lots of pelicans when on holiday up the mid-north coast in the holidays just ended. Majestic gregarious birds that seem to be an odd sum of parts. Continue reading
825: (275/365) Happy Irrelevant Monarch’s Birthday
For some reason the republic of Australia still has ties to a monarchy that is completely irrelevant to us but somehow, ultimately, still controls aspects of our government:
I decided to celebrate the public holiday (yay, I accept the holiday, just reject the reason) by folding a crown. Continue reading
824: (274/365) White Rabbits
First day of the new month, one superstition seems to be to say “White Rabbits” as the first thing you say that day – not sure why:
This is Fernando Castellanos’ rabbit, taken from DOT2, and it seems, designed to be folded on a MUCH larger sheet of paper than this. Continue reading
823: (273/365) Owl
Cruising through my copy of Drawing Origami (Tome 1), I noticed a bunch of folds from there that I had not yet tried:
This little fellow is a bi-colour owl designed by Juan Hibou. Owls seem popular in origami design and this one cleverly manages layers and colours. Continue reading
822: (272/365) Excalibur
“The Lady of the Lake,… [angels sing] …her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] THAT is why I’m your king!”:
“Listen, strange women, lyin’ in ponds, distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. SUPREME executive power derives from a mandate of the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”
“Shut up!”
“You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power, just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!” Continue reading
821: (271/365) Satoshi Kamiya’s Ant
After re-subscribing to JOAS, in record time my back-issues of the Tanteidan magazine arrived and along with one of them, a really challenging diagram:
About 170 steps, extreme paper torture and, as a project, something truly terrifying but I knew I needed to try it. Continue reading
820: (270/365) Their Lives in Our Hands
Recently I had the privilege to see Humpback Whales lounging and playing in Hervey Bay:
I was determined to fold a Humpback, but only really found one designer that had designed something that even remotely looks like a Humpback. Highly tapered body, hooked dorsal fin, soft bellows-like throat, tail fluke – this model has it all.
Made for duo paper, this model has white bits in roughly the right places but none on the underside of the tail, oddly. Continue reading