11/10/2023 0 Comments Modular origami craneWe gratefully bought one of her ornaments (for a mere 8$) and carried on with our shopping.Īs the following Christmas approached I finally got aroun d to trying one myself. Not only did she tell me all about them, she gave me a copy of the instructions, showed me how to fold the pieces, how to assemble them, and how to assemble the final product. Being interested in all things paper I stopped to ask her about them. Numerous vendors rent tables in the mall at this time of year, and at one of these we found a delightful young Asian lady selling these beautiful modular origami ornaments. They are released under a Creative Commons license so I’ve taken the liberty of hosting a copy here.Ī couple of years ago my son and I were Christmas shopping at the local mall. The available links I could find for the Zhoubi bowl diagrams were all broken, so I emailed Philip and he replied with a new link to the diagram. Also pictured are the traditional lily, the Primula by Mitsonubu Sonobe (diagrams found at ), a five-pointed variation of the traditional lily created by John Montroll, and the Zhoubi bowl by Philip Chapman-Bell. The lotus flower below was in the instructions included in a package of origami paper that was given to me. If time permits we’ll do the samurai helmet and fish, and others.įlowers are always a great item to fold, making nice gifts, and offering limitless options for presentation and display. The traditional crane will be the ultimate goal of the workshop. The piano and star box are traditional models that we’ll be doing in the workshop to illustrate basic concepts and practice squash folds. ![]() The butterfly from is very easy to fold but looks great, and will be used to introduce the waterbomb base. The gallery below shows some of the models we’ll be doing in the workshop, along with a few I just had to do while I was digging around looking for material. Naturally, along the way I’ve been running across dozens of great models I want to fold. Since then I’ve been putting together a plan and folding like crazy testing things out. ![]() Recently I was asked by the Cranbrook and District Arts Council if I would lead an Introduction to Origami workshop.
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