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Have you ever tried to fold your living room carpet… into an elephant? At the recent annual Origami USA convention, I followed a team of four women who had a lot of fun folding a mega-size origami elephant while participating in the large-size paper folding competition –organized and hosted by Sok Song. The members of … Read more
The flowers above are a creation of Ildikó Vass, inspired by a box I designed and featured in another post. To make her flower, she sank the bottom of the box, and pushed the sides to the central axis. The flaps of the box became the petals. Then she made a smaller one and inserted … Read more
Do you speak the language of origami? Even if you’re not yet fluent you’re always welcome to join a conversation. You can teach yourself how to ‘speak’ this beautiful language by following some of the easy origami video tutorials featured here in Origami Spirit! Origami is ‘spoken’ all over the world, and is a language … Read more
I just came from my paper garden with a container full of delicious fruit! This is a perfect example of how a small transformation applied to an existing model creates a new one. David Donahue studied a small bell decoration* designed by Paul Jackson, and, by devising small flaps that show the other side of the … Read more
Traditional Origami Box Variation… This container is a variation of a traditional origami box. The modification consists of making some folds slanted, instead of parallel, to a central line. But be careful! Making origami boxes can become addictive, especially when we find beautiful papers to experiment with. Here is a video demonstrating how to make … Read more
Do you ever wonder how origami figures are created? What I’ve discovered is that many origami models have their origin in a small transformation applied to an existing figure. For example, the previous post featured an origami peacock based on a traditional paper toy known as cootie catcher. The photos above* show more models based … Read more