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Instead of spending money you can also decide to fold with it and that's what I did ;-) A little goodby-present for a colleague, who is leaving to start a new job.
If you want to try origami money-folding, you can find several models on youtube. Have fun!
This cartoon-like balancing "Sax on legs" is playing 'Trinkle Tinkle' (song by Thelonious Monk) and it is a funny design by Rikki Donachie.
The Sax On Legs is made from 3 parts, the sax itself is folded from half of A4 paper and the arms and legs from a fourth of A4 paper. It's not completely closed.
Diagrams in BOS magazine #207 (april 2001)
If you want to listen to Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane playing 'Trinkle Tinkle', click here: youtu.be/6WjW5orDM2c
The Origami Iris (also called an origami lily) is a traditional design loved by many. You have two versions:
- One folded from a square, then you get 4 petals ( the one on the left).
- Or one folded from an equilateral triangle, then you get 3 petals ( the one on the right.)
You can curl the petals ;-)) I put them on a mirror so you can see the curls better.
Have a nice Wednesday :-))
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
Quote – Vincent Van Gogh
“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.”
Quote – L. Wolfe Gilbert
I couldn't choice between the two quotes…….do you have a favorite?
For the "Smile on Saturday! :-)" theme: 'Colorful Hearts', I folded from just one piece of double colored paper this golden heart with a red iris on top of it. ;-))
Wishing you many happy smiles today, they say it is good for your health ;-)) HSoS!!!
Model: Origami Heart with Iris
Design: Andrey Lukyanov
Diagrams in the book International Origami Internet Olympiad 2012
Paper, one piece of 30x30cm double colored kraftpaper
Final size: height 9cm , width 10,5cm
For my new folding project I have to fold modules, which will be connected. These modules remind me of eyes. These two were lying in the sun and I could not resist making this shot of these origami eyes;-))
Another variation of the unit and 'Star-Flower', I uploaded yesterday (see first comment box).
Each of these red-white origami Star-Flowers is made out of 8 units, but arranged differently.
The size of one unit is now 4x4cm, red kami paper.
Final size star is 9x9cm.
I really don't know anymore on what occasion I folded it and if there are any diagrams. Sorry for that.
One of the good thing of moving is going through your old stuff to see if you want to keep it of not. To my surprise I found a few origami starflowers (in a not origami book) from the very beginning when I started folding. ;-))
On the left you see one unit. On the right you see an assembled 'Star-Flower' of 11 units, with a color change.
All units are folded from a small piece of blue kamipaper (2,5x2,5cm). Final size 'Star-flower' 5,5x5,5cm.
I really don't know anymore on what occasion I folded it and if there are any diagrams. Sorry for that.
The last model in the origami Star-Flower recovered series. Actually this one is made out of two: a small blue (8 units, each 2x2cm, blue kami paper) stuck on a larger one (also 8 units, each 4x4cm, green kamipaper).
In the first comment box, you see the two previous variations.
(I really don't know anymore on what occasion I folded it and if there are any diagrams. Sorry for that.)
As background I used a patterned origami-paper and added a texture.
Have a lovely weekend ahead ;-)
The crane
for MACRO MONDAYS
Theme : "Triangle" - January 13, 2020
for *ღღ* Cosas de casa *ღღ*
Theme : "One colour" - January 15, 2020
Of course I had to make an origami mushroom ;-)
Using the "paper-crumpling" technic by Vincent Floderer, who is famous for using this technique and designing many ingenious models, especially sea creatures.
While you might argue whether it's still origami or not, it is definitely an interesting technique.
Wishing you all a very happy weekend!
Remember 'Riddle'?
When assembled it looks like this and it has 3 different sides ;-)
Folded from 36 pieces of Freudenberg Paper, 7,5x7,5cm.
I used a simple unit, which I found in an old booklet "Unit-Origami" by David Petty. You can make different forms depending on how many units are assembled and how the unit is folded and used.
This origami Polyhedron variation isn't in the book ;-)
"This little witch with her magic broom, which makes the cleaning up after the Halloween Party a lot easier, (it took her only 5 minutes!!) is on her way back home. She looks a little bit tried, but is also very satisfied the job is done!
I wish I had a broom like that too…….. " ;-))
Name: Origami Witch
Design: Kamikey ( please correct me if I'm wrong)
There is a video-tutorial in three parts, so you can try to fold it too, if you want ;-))
Folded from 3 pieces of paper:
-one sheet of black kami-paper (15x15cm) for the head
-one sheet of black kami-paper (15x15cm) for the body
-one rectangle of brownish kami-paperpaper (7,5x15cm for the broom
Normally I don't give the origami models artificial eyes, but in this case it makes it more alive ;-))
Origami is magical, just like photography ;-))
An in-between step of a new model, I folded
I processed it just a little bit ;-))
HSS everyone!
Durchmesser je Fisch ca. 3,6 cm
Für "Macro Mondays"
Thema "Paper Art" am 16.08.2021.
A "Happy Macro Monday"
and a good start into the new week.
Stay safe/Bleibt gesund! 🌸
Many thanks for all your views, faves and comments.
the act of folding 1000 origami paper cranes (senbazuru) is meant to be a symbol of hope and healing during challenging times...and said that the person who does this will be granted a wish by the gods
can you take me far away somewhere I can rest my head
can you take me ♬ far away from here? ♬
♡ Simple Things - Tenryo
the bed, light, floor pillow + more, & texture huds
at Cosmopolitan event now!
“Everyone loves a comedy, my dear. It is divine.”
Quote ― Rawi Hage, Carnival
It was fun folding the origami 'Devil' by Robin Harbin and I noticed in the folding process, that the middle part, also looked interesting on the backside! With a few modificaties I turned it into this 'Carnival face' with a very long nose ;-))
Model: Carnival face
Design: Robert Harbin / Variation: Marjan Smeijsters
Diagrams in the BOS magazine #69
Looking close... on Friday! Paper Boxes
This is my first attempt at Origami , the cat is a good luck kitty .
Origami hearts folded and card created for Smile on Saturday theme: colourful hearts. HSoS everyone!
I bought this tiny pin (diameter is about 2cm) a long time ago at an origami convention and since then it has adorned one of my jackets.
The background is a textured gold foil.
For the Macro Mondays theme: 'Amore'
Wishing you all a happy week ahead !!
This is the result of my first attempt to fold the origami Puffer Fish by Jang Yong Ik, (see photo in the first comment box), but I couldn't finish it because the paper I was using was smaller and and therefor the layers thicker, so I knew the paper was going to tear if I tried more folding steps.
So actually, this is also an intermediate step. I've arranged it a bit so that it looks like an origami Sea Snail or any other sea creature with a shell ;-))
I thought you might like to see this variation too.
As mentioned, I only used a 50x50cm sheet of double coloured kraft paper here instead of the 70x70cm on my second attempt.
Final size: length 17cm, width 10cm, height 10cm
Model: origami Sea Snail, unfinished Puffer Fish
Design: Jang Yong Ik, variation by me
Diagrams in the book Origami Pro 4 - World Ocean Origami by the Korea Origami Association
For this one my wife made me an white origami crane, i made a background so it appears as if it is standing in the blue water!
After staring at origami directions long enough, you sort of become one with them and start understanding them from the inside.
~ It's been a while since my last blog post. I've been busy with RL work. I'm not saying I'm back with blogging for good, but I cant say no to Neo Japan's Event. Yes! They are back again and they will be open in few hours (27th of March - 18th of April 2021).
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Full Credits & HD Shots: Persophone.
･ﾟ` 🎀 Featuring 🎀 `ﾟ･
~See you at Neo Japan Event and grab these items:
Tentacio *Spirit of the Past Headpiece (Flowers & Pin).
Tentacio *Spirit of the Past Mask.
Luas *Tatsuo Outfit.
Luas *Bento Arm.
Kokoro *Hinata (Bento AO). Kunai Props included.
Paleto *OSK-88 Backdrop.
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Just as I was wondering what to choose for MM, an origami owl landed in my mailbox. He now marks the page in my book. In the background is an owl feather.
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” ― Kenneth Grahame.
These young ladies (and the dog) were doing just that in what looked to me like origami boats folded together out of a sheet of plastic. Even their paddles were made of plastic sheeting. I'd never seen anything like this before and had to grab a shot.
I made these origami flowers and arranged them in a white square-shaped vase to use as a decorative ornament for my coffee table.
Macro Mondays theme: Flight
Origami Pterodactylus (John Montroll) folded by me from his book Dinosaur Origami about four years ago, so some of the 'texture' is from hazards of bulk storage.
He is posed on another piece from the bag, a Miura-Ori tessellation (also known as herringbone tessellation and zig-zag corrugation), named for Kōryō Miura, a Japanese astrophysicist, inventor, and origamist.
I folded many trying to perfect the technique involving a crease pattern made of repeating parallelograms. Any physics or math involved in this process was purely coincidental.
HMM
Happy Halloween everybody!!!!!!
Juston is the designer of this origami 'Skull', which is an earlier version than his most known origami human skull . You can see that the both skulls are family ;-))
Folded from a 2:1 rectangle of yellow vellum paper .
You can find the CP here.
"""This little Santa is going to pick the 'Lucky Stars', who are mature now and ready to start glowing and spread happiness all over the world""".
If some knows who the designer of this Santa is, please tell me.
Santa is folded from a piece of 15x15cm.
The black bag from 7,5x7,5cm
If you like the 'Lucky Stars', there is a video-tutorial how to fold them.
Lucky star is a traditional origami model.
Designed by Huang Tien Quyet (eye of Horus) and
Jacky Chan (Pharaoh)
fold for La Gran Justa del Antiguo Egipto
CP's on www.flickr.com/groups/la_gran_justa_del_antiguo_egipto/
Simple fold and really nice result!!))
Paper craft-office 2 square 15-15 cm