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Are you a mother? I am sending you many hugs and kisses to honor and celebrate your motherhood. I also invite you to make a long garland of origami hugs and kisses and bring it to your own mom for mother’s day. Both the cross and the double ring modules are inspired by a Palm … Read more
Festive and fun, this origami twist box is an easy-to-make container for a small gift or a party favor. Ideas to present this lovely paper box The box’s designer, David Martínez (Venezuela), developed this twist box while experimenting with how to divide a piece of paper into equal parts using methods described by Kazuo Haga, … Read more
When Maria Sinayskaya left Samara, Russia in 2008 to live in South Africa, the only origami model she knew how to fold was the traditional flapping bird. But since discovering the world of origami and its many enthusiasts, Maria has been folding and creating non stop, becoming, in the process, a prolific paper folder and … Read more
When making greeting cards, I like to keep myself open to the many creative possibilities offered by traditional and simple origami models. In this post we’ll look at one example of using the traditional origami windmill to create different cards. Note for beginners:If you’re just getting into folding, the video below will show you how … Read more
What can we do with that ever-increasing inventory of finished origami models? Here are some ideas: 1.Document If you like a particular model, keep one that’s nicely folded and on it write the model name, the designer, and where to find diagrams. 2. Display Photograph models and share them on personal Flickr and Facebook albums. … Read more
As a child growing up in Colombia, Patagonia seemed an imaginary place that I always heard mentioned in statements or expressions that implied great distance. When we wanted to describe a place that was far away, we might say something like “I had to go to ‘Patagonia’ to pick up my shoes. It took forever … Read more