Origami Connect - Past Events

I have always enjoyed folding boxes, and consequently you can clearly see the influence of Tomoko Fuse in this box, but I was intrigued by the idea of trying to get a petal fold on the top. It then occurred to me that a 5-sided box with the petal fold might look a bit like a cherry blossom, so I worked on that and was reasonably successful (I think!) PDF diagrams will be posted after the live event.

Learn to fold an interesting geometric modular, made from silver rectangles. The Matryoshka Rhombic Dodecahedron, takes the form of the 'First Stellation of the Rhombic Dodecahedron', as seen in M. C. Escher's - Waterfall, but there's a secret, bonus model, hidden inside.

In previous classes, Aldo's has delighted us with some unique modulars. In this class he will share a sweet basket for Spring. The basket is folded from 1 paper making use of both sides of the paper to showcase 2 hearts.

Brian has created modular polyhedra and modular rings. He says this ring is one of his favorites. The units are straightforward to fold and the assembly is unique.

Learn how to create a variety of decorative origami papers using various mixed media techniques.

Autumn 2002, it was in the German city of Dresden a natural catastrophe: the water of the river Elbe was extremely high and flooded and destroyed many houses and killed many people. Some houses of local folders were damaged. Myself, I had a paper hats exhibition in a museum (Kunstgewerbemuseum). This city was destroyed from the flooding. In the same Christmas 2002, I proposed to organize a solidarity movement of sending origami stars from folders over the world. A lot of stars from many countries were sent and I hung them in a big origami Christmas tree inside of the museum. On the top of the tree was this star. For this reason I call it Dresden Stern (Star of Dresden).

Cristian Marianciuc is a Romanian paper artist whose work revolves around the origami crane. He started a project called Icarus.mid.air. Every day Cristian would decorate a crane as a visual diary. The plan was to keep track of the passing of time, each day, in the shape of a decorated origami crane – each crane would describe in a creative way the type of day he was having.
Since 2014 he has been perfecting his very personal style which sees the humble yet beautifully symbolic traditional model of the crane come alive with the help of intricately cut wings, flowers, folkloric motifs and other decorative paper elements.
One of the central characteristics of his work is the concept of layering, in a literal but also a metaphoric sense. Each piece comes with a backstory, with increasingly personal references, a dedicated piece of music, and for his most recent collection – a fragrant muse.
We will get a taste of Cristian's process as he leads us through decorating/embellishing paper to create a meaningful and personal crane. Prior to this class contemplate images and thoughts that hold meaning for you and gather supplies that will help you achieve a representation of those images and thoughts.