November–December, 2011

A look back on the first year of The Fold!

This is a two steps project, for a lovely coffee table piece.

Report from the Origami Bogota 2011 Convention which took place in Colombia on October 14-16, 2011.

Diagrams for a turkey, symbolic of the American holiday of Thanksgiving.

In a series of articles, we try to clarify the application of copyright law to origami. In this first article we conclude that origami is an art form, hence covered by copyright law.

Report from the First East Bay Origami Convention hosted by CAL Origami which took place at the University of California Berkeley on November 19th, 2011.

Report from the First OrigaMIT Convention hosted by OrigaMIT which took place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November 19th, 2011.

Giang Dinh applies his trademark minimalist style to create a hippo.

A rotationally symmetric geometric shape, folded from a hexagon, based on Jeannine Mosely's Bud.

This time we're reviewing Crumpled Paper, which was introduced to the origami community by VOG. The unique texture of this paper makes it an absolute gem as it does not hinder the folding process for many types of models!

This last article in my video creation guide concentrates on three final tasks: adding subtitles, making your video available to others, and finally, advertising your video.

Learn some of the history of origami geometry, as well as the story of Margherita Liazzolla Beloch, the first origami mathematician!

Italy is the place I chose for my first and second international conventions. Read inside why, and what happened from 8/12/2012 during four days of folding frenzy!

Thinking about some special decoration for the upcoming holidays? Here is a great project created by Kindergarten students at Oahu’s Le Jardin Academy that would work great for any special celebration.

Crease patterns and video for two modular tree units with variations.