Now I am not a fan of sneks … at all … but folding one so cute seemed like a good idea at the time:
This is Christophe Boudias’ “Serpent”, and is a natty use of duo kami.
The detail here is worth noting – lovely mesmerising eyes, gaping mouth with fangs, and a lovely stripey body.
Continue readingContinuing the exploration of a square rose, this is Naomiki Sato’s square rosebud:
Made with a trademark “Kawasaki twist” with different landmarks, this is a rose just opening – simple, pretty.
Continue readingI bought Naomiki Sato’s first book on origami roses to satisfy an obsession with mastering his pentagonal rose (a quest that is still in progress). Recently, he has published a second book (this one in English) and I knew I had to buy it:
Perhaps starting my journey in the new book with a 15cm square of red washi was possibly not the most sensible thing to do (waay smaller than suggested), however I ploughed on and much to my delight fashioned a fairly decent rendering of the simple square rose – the first rose I have folded from a square that actually looks like a rose.
Continue readingPlaying with geometry, it got me thinking about lampshade forms. Correct me if I am wrong but there are the sort of “hang-down” and the “stand-up” types common?
Using 15cm Kami, I began doodling, the blue square form came first – a simple corrugation on the middle half of a sheet, folded in eighths only in the middle section it curves perfectly and creates a rather regal “ruff” – imagine nice/interesting/handmade paper and diffuse light in the middle of that.
Continue readingOne approach to paper folding starts with a “base” – a form with flaps and general morphology that suits an end goal.
A well-designed base is a thing of beauty, and a flexible tool.
This base, a mutated fish base has really useful properties as demonstrated by these two wildly different folds, both designed by Jose Ma Chaquet from Spain. Continue reading
