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Origami for Busy People -Book Review

origami for busy people

Marcia Joy Miller’s has been practicing origami for many years and is a seasoned origami artist, designer, and teacher.  Origami for Busy People, her just published first book, is filled with many of her own ingenious models. Without a doubt this book is a treat for origami enthusiasts. What I love about this book: The … Read more

Do-It-Yourself Holiday Decorations, Gifts and Greetings

This is my interpretation of the Sakura Star, a creation of David Martinez. It is a lovely model that I will add to the collection of ornaments I use  to decorate my staircase for Christmas, as seen in this post: Origami Adds a Holiday Sparkle to a Staircase Video instructions for the Sakura Star: Diagrams … Read more

Why I Buy Origami Books

It was the 1988 Holiday season in New York City. I was walking south on the east side of a very busy Fifth Avenue when I stopped suddenly, spellbound by the image of a huge Christmas tree filled with decorations of folded paper figures revolving in the windows of a Japan Airlines office. It was … Read more

Spring Flower

I am always looking for the right moment and the right light to take a good picture for my blog posts in Origami Spirit. As I was taking a picture of the Spring Flower this morning, John, my husband, took a photo of the photographer. He captured a lovely moment, didn’t he? Here is the … Read more

Virgin and Child

On her blog, Vera Young has shared diagrams and an image of her interpretation of Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora Aparecida page 1, page 2, page 3), by Emilson Nunes, author of this wonderful book: Saints: folding with Devotion (Portuguese Edition). The dark-skinned virgin, venerated in the Catholic Church, is the patron saint of … Read more

Pre-Columbian Style Origami Frog -Video

Pre-Colombian Frog, Leyla Torres, OrigamiSpirit.com

This pre-columbian origami frog was inspired by a visit to the Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) in my native Bogotá, Colombia. The museum collection illustrates the social and cultural life of many different groups of people such as Muiscas or Chibchas, who lived in what is now known as Colombia from approximately 500 BCE until … Read more