Saturday, February 29, 2020

Standing bird by Giuseppe Baggi

From Origami USA's Convention 95: The Annual Collection.


Friday, February 28, 2020

Diamond dodecahedron by Tomoko Fuse

Made with 12 squares. From Tomoko Fuse's Diamond Shape Interesting Boxes (New World Origami Series, Book 3)




Thursday, February 27, 2020

Kiwi by Steven Casey

From Guido Gazzera's Origami Per Tutti.


Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Two tanuki ("raccoon dogs") by Taiko Niwa

From Nippon Origami Association's Origami: Monthly Origami Magazine, no. 313 (September 2001)


Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Cube box by Giovanni Maltagliati

If there's a way to "lock" this, I haven't found it, so I put a small piece of tape over the join at the top. From Kunihiko Kasahara's Origami El Mundo Nuevo.



Monday, February 24, 2020

This Week's Folds (18 Feb 2020–24 Feb 2020)

Clownfish by John Montroll

From Nick Robinson (ed.), Origami Fish. (I have this book only in electronic format.)


Sunday, February 23, 2020

Godzilla by Kunihiko Kasahara

If I understand the Google translation of the text on the page, this model is based on a composite model by Toshio Chino. In Kunihiko Kasahara's Viva! Origami.




Saturday, February 22, 2020

Narwhal by Manuel Sirgo Álvarez

From Manuel Sirgo Álvarez's Origami Menagerie.



Friday, February 21, 2020

Koala by Yoshihide Momotani

From Steve and Megumi Biddle, The New Origami.



Thursday, February 20, 2020

Rose by Toshikazu Kawasaki

From Kunihiko Kasahara's Top Origami (with much assistance from this YouTube video).



Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Tetrahedron by Patricia Crawford

In Robert Harbin's Origami: A Step-by-Step Guide


Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Peacock by James Sakoda

From James Sakoda's Modern Origami. (I have an autographed copy, dated Oct. 15 1982; his son Bill Sakoda, who was one of my grad school professors at Penn State, introduced me to him.)



Monday, February 17, 2020

The Week's Folds (11 Feb 2020–17 Feb 2020)

Columbine by Benjamin John Coleman

Made with two sheets (one is 1/4 size of the other). From Benjamin John Coleman's Origami Bonsai.



Sunday, February 16, 2020

Tumbling Chan by Harry Weiss

From Samuel Randlett's Best of Origami (I do not own this book, just a photocopy of it.)


Saturday, February 15, 2020

Quilt (four-petaled flowers and crosses) by Tomoko Fuse

Sixteen small squares and one large square. From Tomoko Fuse's Origami Quilts.



Friday, February 14, 2020

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Sparrow by Edwin Corrie

Yes, the directions clearly say to use paper colored the same on both sides. I used what was handy. From British Origami #145 (December 1990)

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Balloon by Steffen Gnam

I could not get Gnam's basket to work, so I improvised one out of a square 1/4 the size of the balloon. The balloon does not stay in the basket, however—but I suspect Gnam's did not stay either.

From the British Origami Society Autumn Convention 1984.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Horse by Akira Yoshizawa

From British Origami #142 (June 1990). (The photo on the cover is of a different Yoshizawa horse made from two pieces; the one I folded is a one-piece model. Both are diagrammed in the magazine.)




Recent folds (5 Feb 2020–10 Feb 2020)

Monday, February 10, 2020

Pyramid tent by Jonathan Walton

An incredibly difficult fold. I ended up using the "smash and hope for the best" approach when I could no longer understand the diagrams. From Eric Kenneway's Origami: Paperfolding for Fun.



Sunday, February 9, 2020

Seated Buddha by Kunihiko Kasahara

From Kunihiko Kasahara's Creative Origami.


Saturday, February 8, 2020

Gorilla by Akira Yoshizawa

I was almost too embarrassed by this to post it. The face is hard! But I guess it requires "softer" paper (maybe dampened?—many folders advocate "wet folding") and lots of practice!

From Akira Yoshizawa's Origami Museum 1: Animals



Friday, February 7, 2020

Dragon by Robert Neale

From Samuel Randlett (ed.), The Flapping Bird (issue number 5)


Thursday, February 6, 2020

Beniire cube (traditional)

Made from three squares. From Kunihiko Kasahara's The Art and Wonder of Origami.