Thursday, April 30, 2020

Lillian's Butterfly by Michael LaFosse


From The Newsletter for Origami USA, #49 (Fall 1994).


Space shuttle by Gery Hsu

From Gery Hsu's  How to Make Origami Airplanes That Fly. (I didn't try to make it fly.)



Star medal by Francis Ow

Made from a 2-by-1 sheet. From the Friends of the Origami Center's Origami Convention May 1987



Monday, April 27, 2020

Chick by Toshie Takahama

From Toshie Takahama's Origami for Fun.


Sunday, April 26, 2020

Vase (traditional Japanese)

From Toshie Takahama's Origami for Displays




Saturday, April 25, 2020

Flamingo by Jon Tremaine

From Jon Tremaine's The Step by Step Art of Origami



Friday, April 24, 2020

Tiger by John Montroll

From John Montroll's Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami



Thursday, April 23, 2020

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Bed by Nick Robinson

Made from a 2-by-1 sheet of paper. From the Proceedings of the West Coast Origami Guild no. 15 (June 25 1988).


The Last Week-or-So's Folds (15 Apr 2020 – 22 Apr 2020)

Egret by Robert Lang

From the Proceedings of the West Coast Origami Guild No. 16 (September 4, 1988)


Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Scooby Doo by Michael English

From Daniel Mason's Contemporary Origami: Paperfolding of Today


Alligator by Peter Engel

From Peter Engel's Folding the Universe: Origami from Angelfish to Zen


Jellyfish by Manuel Sirgo Álvarez

From Manual Sirgo Álvarez's Origami Bugs & Beasts



Nun in the Wind by Gabriel Alvarez-Casanovas

From the British Origami Society's Fifteenth Anniversary Convention (2nd–3rd October 1982).


Thursday, April 16, 2020

Tea cup mat by Shuzo Fujimoto

From Shuzo Fujimoto's Twist Origami (I)





Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Extraterrestrial by Bob Roos

One of my earliest attempts at inventing a fold. From The Friends of the Origami Center of America's Models by Members, Vol. 1 (1988)



Tuesday, April 14, 2020

This Week's Folds (7 Apr 2020–14 Apr 2020)


Twin Cube by Nick Robinson

Made from two squares. From The Friends of the Origami Center of America's Convention '88 Program.




Monday, April 13, 2020

Dinosaur by Charles Nixon

From British Origami No. 122 (February 1987). (Oops, I forgot to narrow the neck.)



Duck by Stephen Weiss

From Robert Lang and Stephen Weiss, Origami Zoo



Friday, April 10, 2020

Sheep and Goats by Robert Neale

This isn't really origami, but it's in a book about origami, so ....

From Ray Bolt's Magic with Origami  (British Origami Society Booklet No. 9)
 

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Giraffe by Kunihiko Kasahara

One 3-inch square and one 6-inch square. From Kunihiko Kasahara's Origami 3



Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Infinity cube by Jo Nakashima

There are a number of online videos for making an origami infinity cube; I chose the one by Jo Nakashima because it promised no tape, no glue. "Curling" the tabs and inserting them was incredibly hard using standard packaged origami paper; next time maybe I'll use thin card stock?

From Jo Nakashima's YouTube video


Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Igor by Mario Adrados Netto

I couldn't get the "hunchback" effect to look like the illustration; will have to try again to see if I made an error.

From Mario Adrados Netto and J. Aníbal Voyer Iniesta, Dragons, Witches, and Other Fantasy Creatures in Origami


Sunday, April 5, 2020

Cocker spaniel by Akira Yoshizawa


From Akira Yoshizawa's Origami Dokuhon II (Origami Reader II)