Minggu, 31 Juli 2011

Crane #268 - #279

I almost forgot about these... Whilst at Larmer Tree I made some cranes and used them to decorate our tent.



I'm not sure what happened to them. A few people asked if they could have one, a few ended up trampled in the mud, and the rest... well who knows!

Jumat, 29 Juli 2011

Top Ten Origami

Dear Reader,

Here are the most popular, Top Ten Origami on http://www.origami-instructions.com/ :

lily
crane
dragon
box
frog

water balloon
rose
kusudama flower
boat
dinosaur


Best Regards,
Origami Instructor

Kamis, 28 Juli 2011

Origami Rose with Leaf

Dear Reader,

This origami rose with leaf is simple and fun to make.

Check out the origami rose with leaf instructions.

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Orizomegami

Not to be confused with origami.  Origami means folding paper in Japanese.  Orizomegami means folding and dyeing paper. It is a paper dyeing method that is used to create patterns on liquid absorbent paper.  This art form is relatively inexpensive and also easy to learn and to achieve beautiful result.  The finished product can be used as gift wrap, book cover, collage material, or anything else imaginable.


Recently, I went to teach an orizomegami workshop for teens at a library just outside of Portland.  They experimented with different folding patterns, papers and colors.  Of course, it came out different every time, like an kaleidoscope.  The moment of unfolding paper to see the result is an exciting, kind of like opening a present!

After papers were dried, we made greeting cards out of the dyed papers.  Here is a card that one of the teens created for her mom's birthday.  She said the dyed paper (coffee filter) is an umbrella.  It really does look like an Asian umbrella!  Beautiful!

I've made greeting cards with orizomegami before, but I had never thought of using the round ones like this.  I got so inspired that I made a greeting card using a dyed coffee filter as a sunburst, with a gold origami crane flying into the sun.  I should've had the photo of it, but I just realized that I already sold it at my camp auction.  I gotta have to make another one to post it here...

Rabu, 27 Juli 2011

More origami in Denmark

I've left Denmark for quite some time now, but I'm remembering with a lot of joy all the folding we've done there.
Despite the "casual folding" that we've done whenever we felt like it, I also held origami courses once a week:

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And at the end, they all received diplomas, in the name of our Origami Association. :)

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Selasa, 26 Juli 2011

Crane #267

I am stuck in a premier inn in Birmingham for a training course. I've just eaten noodles so it is seeming less bad, but I made a crane for the person who has to clean my room tomorrow to say thanks...


Kamis, 21 Juli 2011

Origami Modular Wreath

Dear Reader,

Here is a modular origami version of a holiday wreath.

Check out our origami modular wreath instructions.

Rabu, 13 Juli 2011

Origami Windmill

Dear Reader,

Here is a simple but neat origami windmill.

Check out our origami windmill instructions.

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Crane #195 - #266

Team love of it are going to some festivals this summer, to run treasure hunts and board games (see here for more info). The prizes for the treasure hunt are a goodie bag, full of fun and exciting stuff. I decided to make some origami cranes to go in the goodie bags, and so I've made 72 cranes, enough for each winning team member for all of the days at each of the festivals.

Here are a few of the cranes that I made for the goodie bags...

Crane #193 and #194

I think this is the smallest crane I've made so far. It was very very fiddly...


I also made some jewellery, making a necklace using a small piece of pretty paper and waterproofing it using clear acrylic spray paint. I don't think it'll hold up to a heavy rain storm, but we shall see - cute huh...!

Selasa, 12 Juli 2011

Crane #191 and #192

On Monday it was my last day working with my friend Lizzie, and so we went on a trip to Westonbirt Arboretum. It was a beautiful day, and we ended up indulging in a spot of tree climbing.


Whilst sitting and hanging out in a tree, I decided it might be fun to make a crane or two. I mean, how often do you get to do origami 12 foot up a tree?


And so we left the cranes as a little gift for the next unsuspecting tree climbers (with our fingers crossed that it doesn't rain before then!)


Minggu, 10 Juli 2011

My recent favorite item: LED Book Light

I do origami anywhere in my house, and anywhere I go to.  At a restaurant, in an airplane, on a picnic table at a park, etc.  As long as I have a solid surface to fold on and good lighting besides paper, I can do it anywhere.  And that's the beauty of this form of art.  "A solid surface" is relatively easy to get; all you need is a table, a lap table, a clipboard, or even just a book to fold on.  But good lighting is not always easy to come by, and it is a must since I want to have those very precise folds, every time.  Besides, my eye sight is terrible in dark.  

So I recently bought a little book light.  It is called MiniFlex LED Book Light by Mighty Bright.  I bought it for about 10 bucks at Fred Meyer but it's available at Amazon, etc. too.  It clips on to a book or it can stand by itself.  It has a flexible neck.  It's so compact you can take it anywhere.  I brought it to a plane recently, and it worked better than that light on the ceiling of the plane.  I plan to bring it to camping trips this summer too.  I think it will come in handy at anywhere I travel to.  I highly recommend this product to anyone!

Crane #187 - #190

5 cranes made, 0 photos taken. Whoops.

Crane #187 and #188 were made in Cafe Kino and given to my friend Liz's nephew Joshua. One was a small one, and the other a teeny tiny one.

Crane #189 went to my friend Em for her birthday (via my friend Geoff)...

Crane #190 and #191 were made at a cabaret event at the Cube, out of a receipt that I found in my bag, and were given to Zuleika and Barry...

Almost at 200!

Jumat, 08 Juli 2011

Crane #186

I went to London yesterday for the Street Photography festival. It was great. I had a 2 1/2 hour journey on the coach each way, so made a crane or two or fifty. These are part of the next phase of my origami bombing project (more to come about that in the coming weeks).

But while on the coach, I made another crane and left it there for the next passenger...

Kamis, 07 Juli 2011

Origami House Gallery in Tokyo and Nippon Origami Museum at Narita Airport

While in Japan, I visited two origami exhibits that were both amazing.  One was Origami House Gallery, operated by one of my favorite origami artists, Makoto Yamaguchi.  In the glass showcases, I saw a lot of pieces by Satoshi Kamiya and Eric Joisel, both of whom were featured in Between the Folds documentary.  They create the most complex and realistic origami models that I have ever seen.  I didn't take any photos there because they don't allow it, but you can see some of the artworks in their website here.  There, I also found out about Japan Origami Academic Society and became a member.

The other origami exhibit that I visited was Nippon Origami Museum at Narita Airport.  I have been there when I traveled through Narita last time, but I'm glad to visit there again and to snap some photos. 

There were just too many art pieces to share in this blog but the photos above are of some of my favorites.  Compared to the artworks that I saw at Origami House, these are closer to my style so I can relate more.

Next time when I visit back home in Japan, I would love to visit Nippon Origami Museum in Ishikawa-ken.  I've been wanting to go there for quite some time now, but I just didn't have time to make it this time.  It's supposed to be the biggest origami museum in the world!

Rabu, 06 Juli 2011

Origami Lotus Blossom

Dear Reader,

Here is another version of the lotus.

Check out our origami lotus blossom instructions.















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Selasa, 05 Juli 2011

Crane #181 - #185

A mismatch of a few that I've folded over the past week.

I made several cranes in the park with some friends after a sunny weekend. I made two more mini cranes to add to my collection.



Added to that, my housemate got a lesson in crane making and made one of these cranes


A week or so later, I made another crane at the St Paul's carnival, and then another at my last day of interning at At-Bristol.

In other news, work has begun on origami-bombing part 2!
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