Not quite sure how I missed this little beauty in the flurry of folding fishies, but Sensei Koh messaged me on fakebook and asked why I had not folded it. Truth is I was dazed and confused (and just a little fished out) and must have just missed it: That is a pity, this little […]
Interestingly (for me), I have had goldfish over the years. At one stage I had a tank with 3 of these in it – Blackmoors – lovely plump little goggle-eyed black goldfish: I remember as they got sicker, they became less black until, as they floated upside down ready to be scooped and flushed to […]
A completely different folding technique was a nice change with this much tortured bit of paper: An odd-shaped goldfish, famously all white except for a colourful growth on the head, this thin-waisted fantail was actually really hard work even at this scale.
…continuing on the “fishy” journey, the final in this technique’s series of plump full-bodied goldfish, Ronald Koh’s Ranchu: Oddly, this mutant is known for the cancer-like orange growth on it’s head, the model approximates this.
…continuing the fishy theme, this is Ronald Koh’s Oranda Goldfish: A lovely plump little fellow, I am sure I have had these at one time or another – round body, abundance of thin fins and round head.
Continuing the fishy theme, this “goldfish” looks more like a salmon: The base, similar to the previous two manages to devote more to body, less to fins so that it looks like you would get a decent fillet of this little fishy.
Continuing on the “something fishy” theme, I thought i would have a go at the Veiltail: This goldfish mutant is nuts – bred for the profundity of tail, the body is stunted and a small muscular tail necessary to drove the massive drapery of tail fins.
I have been searching for something “fishy” to make with some lovely paper gifted by a friend when Ronald Koh came to the rescue with some amazing mutant goldfish designs: This is a Ryukin, and has a lovely 3d body, staring eyes and beautiful flowing fantail. Characterised by a hunched back, chunky body and pot […]
Cleaning my desk is an important psychological activity, it helps me “move on” and, oddly, I had not cleaned my home desk since well before I retired … I am not sure why, but I just was not ready: The cleaning process also de-clutters, re-homes and generates a pile of detritus headed for the rubbish […]
A good friend, Janet, found some marbled tie-dyed mulberry paper when she was recently in Bangkok, Thailand. Like a true maniac she carefully rolled and carried with her on her travels, returning to Australia she carefully transported it to a place I would also be (Townsville for a conference). What commitment.
