There are many origami elephants, but this one, created by Mr. Fumiaki Kawahata, is one of my all-time favorite origami animals! It’s one whose folding steps I memorized years ago at an origami convention in New York City. The folding sequence for this particular elephant is a delight and the resulting figure has a delicious, [...]
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No long ago I featured an origami rabbit lantern on Origami Spirit that may also serve as a basket. Around Easter, many beginning folders contact me because they were having difficulty with one step or another when folding this model, and they asked for clarifications. I’ve requested and received permission from Mr. Jacky Chan (Hong [...]
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I have made all kinds of origami animals. I love those that are simple to make and have a striking look. Today I spent the day absorbed in creating this Easter origami rabbit box, and making a video on how to fold it (show below). It was so hard to not eat the chocolate eggs [...]
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Love Halloween? Whatever your feelings about celebrating this holiday, you will love folding this origami heart with bat wings. Riki Saito (Japan) was inspired by Ildikó’s heart-dish, published recently in Origami Spirit. With the addition of bat wings he takes Ildiko’s origami heart to a new level. Folded from a triangular piece of paper cut [...]
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Origami Rhino Unfolding from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo. Sipho Mabona from Switzerland: a special guest for this year’s OrigamiUSA convention, June 22-25 at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Dennis Walker from Scotland: the creator and maintainer of the Origami Database -GREAT RESOURCE! will be also a special guest at the convention. [...]
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Because of the economy in the number of folds and the quality of the movement expressed in the flapping wings, this clever origami butterfly, a creation of designer deg farrelly, is one of my favorite action models. Over the years I have folded it many times, often in black paper at Halloween, telling those I [...]
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When I saw Tony O’hare’s artist trading card (ATC) featuring a blackface sheep at the Origami USA convention in New York, I so hoped it would be one I’d receive during the card exchange. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be. But all was not lost. When I arrived home after the convention I contacted Tony and [...]
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Back from the Origami USA convention in New York City my work table is overflowing with origami models, papers, books, and presents. As always the convention has left me recharged with creative energy and a surplus of new ideas! Some highlights of the Origami USA convention 2011: This year’s special guest was Toshikazu Kawasaki from [...]
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(leer en español) Beth Johnson has been creating ingenious and elegant origami models, which she shares through her Flickr page and on her own website. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, she currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband and young son. Beth has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s in natural resources [...]
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