Friday, November 13, 2020

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Crab by Jun Maekawa

 From Kunihiko Kasahara's Viva! Origami.





Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Anteater by John Montroll

 From John Montroll's Bringing Origami to Life.





Recent Folds

 Here are the things I've folded in the past week or so.



Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Helicopter by Akira Yoshizawa

 Made from an equilateral triangle. From Akira Yoshizawa's Origami Reader II.



Saturday, November 7, 2020

Fox hat and mask by Akira Yoshizawa

 From Akira Yoshizawa's Origami Reader II.



Thursday, November 5, 2020

Clapper rail by Jun Maekawa

 From Kunihiko Kasahara's Top Origami.



Saturday, October 31, 2020

Friday, October 30, 2020

Murex by Toshikazu Kawasaki

 Has four very small cuts. From Kunihiko Kasahara's Top Origami.



Thursday, October 29, 2020

Dimetrodon by Robert Lang

 ONCE AGAIN,  the instructions do NOT make it clear that paper colored the same on both sides should be used. Am I missing a color-change step somewhere? I gray-scaled the image so it would not look quite so goofy as the original purple-and-white picture. From Robert Lang's The Complete Book of Origami.



Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Gerbil by Robert Lang

 Made from an equilateral triangle. (I can't quite get the back legs and tail to like the drawing.) From Robert Lang's The Complete Book of Origami.



Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Parrot by Robert Lang

 The directions said nothing about using paper colored the same on both sides, but clearly I should have. From Robert Lang's The Complete Book of Origami.





Recent Folds

 Here are the things I've folded in the past week or so.



Monday, October 26, 2020

Chinese Table by Maria Gorbunova

 From Sergei Afonkin and Tom Hull's Russian Origami.



Sunday, October 25, 2020

Camel by John Montroll

 From John Montroll's Origami for the Enthusiast.


Saturday, October 24, 2020

"Bunbuku Chagama" by Akira Yoshizawa

This is a Japanese folktale about a tanuki that turns into a dancing, tightrope-walking teakettle. The video is a link to the story. From Akira Yoshizawa's Origami Reader II.





Thursday, October 22, 2020

Nightingale by Akira Yoshizawa

 From Akira Yoshizawa's Origami Reader II.





Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Sunfish by John Montroll

From John Montroll's Origami for the Enthusiast.



Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Two-Crane Box by Elena Afonkina

 Made from a 1-by-2 sheet. From Sergei Afonkin and Tom Hull's Russian Origami.





Monday, October 19, 2020

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Sunlounger by Mark Bolitho

 From Mark Bolitho's The Origami Home.



Friday, October 16, 2020

Reading lamp by Mark Bolitho

 From Mark Bolitho's The Origami Home.




Thursday, October 15, 2020

Bathtub by Mark Bolitho

 From Mark Bolitho's The Origami Home.



Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Toucan by John Montroll

 From John Montroll's Origami for the Enthusiast.



Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Dutch Valentine Card by Francis Ow

 Made from a 2-by-1 rectangle. From Francis Ow's Origami Hearts.



Monday, October 12, 2020

Pachycephalosaur (creator unknown)

This model uses two squares of paper, glued together. From Christine Byrnes (editor), Origami on the Flip Side.



Sunday, October 11, 2020

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Vulture by John Montroll

From John Montroll's Origami for the Enthusiast.



Friday, October 9, 2020

Flying Fox (creator unknown)

 This model has several cuts (for wings and ears). From Christine Byrnes (editor), Origami on the Flip Side.




Thursday, October 8, 2020

Cone by Toshikazu Kawasaki

From Kunihiko Kasahara's Top Origami.



 

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Monday, October 5, 2020

Green Pepper by Toshikazu Kawasaki

 From Kunihiko Kasahara's Top Origami.





Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Fruit bowl by V'Ann Cornelius

From the West Coast Origami Proceedings  no. 32 (October 1992).


Monday, August 3, 2020

Seal by John Montroll

From John Montroll's Animal Origami for the Enthusiast.