If you have not seen the movie “Lion” starring Dev Patel, you really should, it is a wild ride, lovely story and contains reference to an Indian name that means “Lion”:
I have been looking for nice lion models and a friend on Fakebook (Oriol Esteve from Spain) graciously shared a recent design. I knew I needed to have a go at it. Continue reading
I have passed this model many times, thinking “not sure what that is, maybe later”, but decided to give it a whirl tonight:
What a curious object. Designed by Jeremy Schafer, from his book “Origami to Astonish and Amaze”, this odd ripply mathematical conundrum hurts your brain to look at.
A fun paper manipulation first makes a nested tetrahedron, which is then accordion pleated to make the deltoid. You can then open it up like some surreal book, 4 separate rippled deltoids emerge – curious indeed. Continue reading
It is late, I am tired, the first week back at the start of the term is exhausting but this little alien is looking after me:
Folded from Japanese foil, it compliments yesterdays model. Incidentally today is a few days after the 56th anniversary of humans in space as Yuri Gagarin first left our atmosphere Continue reading
Few origami masters did more for modern origami than Yoshizawa Sensei:
With delightfully few folds, his models evoke shapes, creatures and personalities. Continue reading
Australia do not really have bears, well, nothing that is actually a bear but this charming model needed to be folded so folded it I did:
This is Edwin Corrie’s Square Bear, a charming model that is relatively simple but demonstrative of form. Continue reading
This fold was folded on our 34th wedding anniversary, chosen because a long and happy relationship is not reliant on luck:
This dice is clever is a little obscure – rather than traditional dots each face has a partial coverage of colour.
I recently was on holiday in regional Victoria, and have a few models as “catch-up”:
Our holiday digs were near a lake, rich in bird life. Continue reading
Currently, North Queensland is being beaten up by Cyclone “Debbie”:
Australian cyclones are huge. As weather systems go, we do them big down under and “Debbie” was once a category 4 (which is nearly Category 5, for the folks at home) which on a scale of “is that a cloud” to “fuck, most of my town is missing” is right up there. I hope all in the storm zone are safe, having lived through some pretty harrowing cyclones in my time it is not fun. Continue reading
Last night (25th March) was Earth Hour. Between 8:30 and 9:30pm we turned off our lights:
I decided to try and fold something by torchlight … great plan Einstein. Continue reading
It is rare that with relatively few folds the essence of a 4 legged beastie is so well captured:
This is a continuation of the exploration of Eduardo Clemente’s work, his simple pig, charming little critter it is. Continue reading
For those of you keeping up, you will notice SOME of the posts on this blog have numbers. The first number (in this case 600) represents a catalogue of sorts – it documents the number of new models that I have never folded, before documenting it here:
Jo Nakashima’s “6” is new for me, the “0” is a refold but, yeah, 600!!!! Continue reading
Now I know there are those who say that Valentines Day is a Hallmark business opportunity, but I happen to think that celebrating someone you love is a good thing:
My valentine loves to read, so I thought a pair of Washi Deluxe bookmarks would not go astray. Continue reading
I seem to have an endless fascination with clever origami boxes – this one caught my eye and I knew I needed to try and fold it:
Anna Kastlunger has designed a nifty scalable box with an integrated hinged lid that is delightful and possibly useful for precious things. Continue reading
Leafing through “Folding Australia” I came across an odd modular that results in half and three quarters of a cube:
Simple folding, deft locking mechanism and a little geometric brain bending. Continue reading
Returning to work, we balance between the stinking hot outside temperature and the painfully cold airconditioning (yes, I know this sounds like a first world problem, and it is), but I decided to fold a critter that has evolved to put up with intolerable temperatures:
This is Jo Nakashima’s Penguin, a lovely little model with a blocky, cartoony feel to it. Continue reading
