Classes - Previews

This class will show two different techniques for creating animated origami faces. One model is "Singer," which opens and closes its mouth; the other is "Elephant," which curls and uncurls its trunk.

Created with the circle packing technique, the dragonfly is distinguished by its long wings and thin abdomen. This class is for the ones comfortable with open sinks and multilayer folds for shaping.

Students will learn six curated twists as a primer to learning more complex geometries, as well as a notation system to structure their understanding of pleat systems in general. The twists learned will be the: 1) triangle twist, 2) triangle spread twist, 3) hex twist, 4) hex spread twist, 5) rhombic twist, and 6) the arrow twist, as well as a few minor variations.

This color-changed design can be folded from a bird base. Because this species is sexually dimorphic, both the male and female variants will be taught.

Monday Class #1 Origami Ten-Second Animals [Duration: 45-minutes, Skill Level: Simple, Paper: 6-inch kami]
We'll fold as many as we have time for. Although versions of these models can probably be folded in 10 seconds with a lot of practice, it will take a lot more than 10 seconds to teach each one!
-Ten-Second Horse (designed by Jeremy Shafer)
-Ten-Second Elephant (designed by Jeremy Shafer)
-Ten-Second Fish (designed by Jeremy Shafer)
-Ten-Second Giraffe (designed by Jeremy Shafer)
-Ten-Second Squirrel (designed by Jeremy Shafer) (if there's time)

Flowers with foliage are a less common theme, but this is a Clematis-inspired blossom with a color-changed leaf and stem. It is folded from a single sheet of A-proportioned paper which we will cut in class and a 25 cm square is recommended for a first attempt. While not too difficult, this model does require some precreasing and one collapse but all the creases for it will be present. Diagrams for the model will also be provided.

Saturday Class #2 Milo the Magnificent (wonder dog that does tricks) (designed by Jeremy Shafer and Andy Cao during a Zoom tutoring session) [Duration: 45-minutes, Skill Level: Low Intermediate, Paper: 6-inch kami] .
(Notes for me: Milo tricks: Stands in 5 positions, pop-up card, head turns 360-degrees, holds ball in mouth, dances and wags tail when you rub its sides, does a lion impression (unfold one ear flap and other ear flap becomes lion's snout))

I am an artist and taught art for 38 years in the public schools. I still do an occasional workshop for the Bruce museum. Neon water colors I discovered by accident, since I already knew about neon colored pencils. Super granulation water colors and water color powder I have only learned about in the past few months. They are just ways of playing with the paint, experimenting and letting go of some control. —unpredictable and free and fun.

Hard to believe, but this adorable, detailed teddy bear is a Pureland model, folded only with the building blocks of origami: mountain and valley folds.

Learn a "Vase Base" which you can use your creative folding skills to create an almost endless amount of variations to come up with your own vase design...all based on Frederich Froebal's basic designs forms.
Learn about one of Origami's most fundamental pioneers of Origami in Education.

Better to be prepared, they say...
Folded from black paper, the ring can pass for a real weapon, fancy papers good for more mundane purposes.
Created for a challenge at 2019 CDO convention.
Diagram will be provided.

In this class we will fold one of Neal Elias’ delightful multi-subject models, featuring a mother bird, three chicks, and a nest - all from a single square of paper with no cuts. This work, which is about fifty years old, is an example of a box-pleated design and features several Elias Stretches – a maneuver which will be demonstrated and taught in this class. Elias left us a partial folding sequence, a few notes, and a sketch of the intended result. There is some room for personal interpretation, a color change, and some “wow” moments.