My annual origami display at Holland Park Library was installed this morning:
Included is a broad range of origami styles from a huge and diverse collection of designers, folded from a varied collection of papers.
I am trying to get better at not crowding the display cabinets – sometimes less is more to allow individual models to shine – let me know how I went.
If you visited, I would love your impressions, comments and suggestions for future displays.
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In a meeting with other Brisbane Origami enthusiasts, we floated the idea of a Brisbane Origami Group (BORG).
Although in its infancy, eventually one of us will get organised enough to get a little more formal.
In the interim, Vivian Sandoval (a practicing Entomologist and origamist) suggested we might be able to provide some models for a forthcoming conference.
The Perkins Memorial Dinner was held by The Entomological Society of Queensland on the 8th of October 2019 – decorated by displays from us 🙂
Continue readingWalking, as I do, through our Year 10 campus I was struck at how many display cases they have, mostly empty.
I put forward the suggestion that I was happy to fill one with origami and the idea took hold.
The cabinets are big unstructured spaces, I appropriated a clump of plinths to create levels and stages for larger works and then plopped large cool bits of bent paper on them in a sort of fashion.
Stepping back I am struck by a couple of things – (1) how amazing some of the models are (testament to the brilliance of the designers); (2) how much time that tiny collection of models represents (testament to my patience, insanity or both); and (3) I made them.
I hope the kids realize that patience and skill is developmental – passion is an energy that can be harnessed to make great beauty and paper is not “just paper”
You _may_ remember I folded a TRex Skeleton a while back, and I am pleased to say he finally has a new home:
As part of a science display, outside a science lab, he is now resplendant, mounted on a dowel with fishing wire (go team), he looks mean and hungry.
The display contains some info about the dino, and some fossils etc and I hope it provides interest for the punters.
So I have this big plastic box of models – 4 months worth of them, and I enquired if the School Library (I am a teacher btw) would like to use them for a display sometime:
The day after I suggested it, the display case was empty and we began laying them out
It is terrifying, and wonderful, to see so much paper torture in such a concentrated dose – some lovely models amongst that 4 months worth.
They can look after them until the end of the term I guess – we shall see how they fare being on display (they do look pretty under lights) – at least I can lock the cabinet to stop inquisitive fingers touching them. I hope the dust from the adjacent building site is over and done with – we shall see.
