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Fold a 6" stiffened piece of calico in the traditional butterfly model to wear on a tunic top or jacket. With hot glue, add a bead for a head and a bolo clip and parachute cord for a bolo necklace or a magnet pin fastener for pin look. Beautiful!
Fumiaki Kawahata's modular model! You can toss to play with this model without breaking apart.
It looks simple but the folding sequence is interesting, mostly the same to fold both parts. (Need g*** to keep the flower and the leaf/stem.)
Two fun and quick space-themed models. Esily foldable from 6" paper.
A classic and functional spinning top model that has an umbrella pattern on the bottom.
We will fold a Simple Modular Frame.
Let's fold a crane whose wings join together in a heart.
Let's take the basic crane to a new level. The highlight is Tomoko Fuse's Crane Flapping Its Wings using additional sheets for the extra wings. You'll learn the bi color crane - with a simple additional fold, the base crane becomes a multi colored crane. Please come already knowing the crane as we will be focusing on the embellishments.
Fold a delightful pair of baby shoes. The first pair will be in Kraft paper (paper bag color). The optional second pair will be in stiffened calico. When done, they tie up with a bow!
Learn how to make paper blossom into a bright sunflower where the center cleverly becomes the lid.. This clever modular uses 3 papers folded similarly. Open it to reveal a hidden space perfect for holding small treats, notes, stickers, or tiny treasures.
Get ready to fold a little luck! 🍀
In this class, you’ll learn how to create an adorable origami box topped with a charming shamrock—just in time for St. Patrick’s Day! This festive model is perfect for holding tiny treasures, sweet treats, or sharing a bit of Irish cheer.
Whether you’re celebrating the season or just love a clever paper surprise, this lucky little box is sure to delight!
An origami chocolate chip cookie.
[Co-Taught by Ani Chowdhury and Gabriel Shapps]
Folded from one sheet of square paper, this model has a very satisfying folding sequence involving a double-sink and four double-squash folds. It looks nice on the back as well as the front, and is especially beautiful with duo paper.You will want to fold many of these to try different color and pattern combinations!
This is a unique model of a peacock that we will bring gracefully to life through folding. This will be a step up for people who haven't folded complicated animals before, so I hope this brings along a new experience for many!
This is a beginner class and we will be folding snails and roses. The rose is composed of simple folds which look intricate. Let's make some flowers for spring!
The Clematis Flower is a fun 6-piece modular model folded from a modified bird base. Once all modules are connected, the flower blossoms into a design that looks beautifully intricate and more complex than it seems.
Designed by Yara Yagi this flower is diagramed in her book titled Origami Flora: A Hand-Drawn Guide to Flower Folding.
Students will utilize 6 inch paper to learn the folds. Recommended paper for this model is 4 inches. Feel free to bring your own double sided paper if you prefer using smaller size than 6 inches.
This playful stick figure can be shaped into all sorts of cool poses. Along the way, I'll talk about the structure and proportions that allow your favorite designers to make more complex humans. Folding this is a slight step up from the traditional crane.
This is a sun model (or if you like, a 16-pointed star), best folded from 10" paper or larger. Has some 3D collapses and delicate swivel folds.
This is a composite model of a Japanese crane created from four one-dollar bills, which holds together purely by folding. If you can fold a Waterbomb and a Crane, you can fold this!
Learn to fold the mascot of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Bucky Badger. As a Wisconsin badger freshman, I'm excited to teach my extremely important model. I will bring some paper for you all, but I would say that any brown and white paper will look great. It's on the tricky side for high intermediate, but I hesitate to say it's complex. If you have nimble hands, using 6 inch kami should be a breeze, but having a giant Bucky origami model doesn't hurt. On, Wisconsin!
We will fold and assemble modular units to form this "open cuboctahedron" shape with some clever constructions along the way. The model requires fairly precise folding to fit together well and look its best, so be prepared to take some time to make accurate units.
We're sticking the basics here, and I welcome ALL levels to this class. Although I'll be instructing, this will be more of a group activity. I'll field questions from the group during the class and answer them to the best of my ability. And I welcome answers from anyone else in the class. We'll work through a couple of traditional folds so you get a feel of what's to come during the weekend, and a nice start to the hobby.
This includes: terminology, bases, some traditional folds, techniques, and Convention.
This class is an introduction to wet-folding faces. We will first talk a little bit about how wet-folding as a technique. We will move through short sections on how to fold individual features (eyes, nose, mouth) before folding one complete face as a class. I'll also hand out my zine "Notes on Folding Faces" that contains diagrams, instructions, opinions, etc.!
A cute sitting gnome that offers a fun folding sequence that mixes 22.5 design techniques with box-pleat maneuvers. The base of the gnome leaves room for multiple kinds of shaping.