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This simple flower requires an inside reverse fold. Never done an inside reverse fold? This is your chance to advance your skills and learn this fold. We will also make leaves if time allows. A small piece of wire is used to hold the pieces together. Materials will be provided for the class.
In this class you will learn how to fold a 5-unit modular origami cherry blossom.
This model requires eight square sheets of duo paper. Thin 3" (7.5cm) squares are recommended. You will see both sides of the paper on the completed model, so consider your paper and color choice before folding this star.
In this class, we will learn a variation on the hexadron module, and create a 3d polyhedron using 12 module units.
This star is a modular created from 5 or 6 units. It looks good from both the front and the back, and makes a great ornament.
This crane design uses a corrugation called a Spring Joint to flap the crane's wings when it is pulled. The class will first be taught how to fold the Spring Joint corrugation, and then how to apply it to the traditional crane using grafting. The starting angle and motion of the wings can be customized based on the folding pattern.
Students should feel comfortable with origami pleats, be it through box pleating or corrugation folding, and should have experience with using precreases in collapsing steps.
Cute color change penguin with changeable eyes design.
Color change origami toucan, and the base of this design can be transfer to many other bird.
This modular design is constructed from 72 identical units that I call "edge crown modules". They are folded from 1x6 rectangles. (The module is an independent discovery that is closely related to a module developed by Fuse that she calls "Jagged modules", which is described in "Unit Origami Fantasy".) I will be supplying the paper for this class.
The Starlight is made from a single hexagon and can be lit up. This model utilizes some tessellation techniques like the triangle twist and, like a tessellation, is best made from heavier paper. Thinner paper has a tendency to rip and/or crumple. The hexagon will be divided into a grid of 8ths, which we will do in class.
A cute and intrepid fox, with color change details on the ears and tail. Intermediate complexity.
Created by Sunil Dhavalikar, this model is made of knotted strips, woven together to make a beautiful final ball.
The Bascetta Star is a model of extreme elegance and can convey different looks with the usage of a varying spectrum of colors. The Bascetta Star is an excellent modular model to fold to gain an effective end product with a simply conducted folding pattern.
One Fuse Box-24 Variations; Fuse has done it again with amazing ways to demonstrate the art of variation. We will fold as many variations as possible as time permits.
Come and learn a classic Fuse box with 4 dividers.
I will be teaching a barn owl that I just designed recently. Dont be fooled by its cute appearance, this model is pretty tricky to fold and has some rather complex locks!
This class will focus on Yami‘s cube twist box. Yami's and Clemente’s boxes twist similarly, however, the paper division determines the proportion & shape of the final box. Yami’s model is a cube and folded from a square divided by fifths, whereas Clemente’s paper is divided in fourths and results in a shorter box. The class will also cover how to divide paper into 3rds, 5ths, 6ths, etc. by simple paper division and create a portable template for a quick reference guide for 3rds and 5ths.p
If time allows, we can do Clemente’s model as well.
We will fold a simple but beautiful model by Akira Yoshizawa of a snail on a leaf . The model is made with two pieces of paper, a smaller one for the snail and a larger piece of thin washi paper for the leaf.
This fully 3D car is quite easy to make. The most complex folds being a few crimps, squashes, and a single inside reverse fold. Recommended paper size is 15cm x 15cm, preferably kami for the color change on the wheels and rocker panels.
Want to leave an adorably memorable tip at a restaurant? This is one of Kara Fedrigon's first dollar origami designs inspired by the memory of her good friend Janessa Munt: designer of the famous Dollar Bull Dog.
*If intending to give to your server at a restaurant, please leave this model in ADDITION to your tip. While servers may appreciate your origami, they likely have bills to pay :)
This class will teach models appropriate for jewelry, and methods of constructing jewelry pieces from your models. This will be a hands-on class, and at the end you will have several pieces of jewelry to enjoy.
This class teaches the folds and curriculum for an evidence based / published science improving mood, memory and even EEGS in Seniors!
Please join us to learn new skills OR if you work with Seniors but might like to collaborate on future projects. ( Work done at NIH Center of Excellence - Sanders Brown Center on Aging )
This 13-sided, turtle-shaped polygon is the second known example of an “einstein,” a single shape that can be tiled to cover a plane with a pattern that never repeats. The word means one stone in German.
This origami version is folded from a single square piece of paper. You can start to play with the tiling puzzle once you have completed several identical pieces. The crease pattern is in the issue 76, The Fold, OrigamiUSA website.
Valentina Minayeva's untitled model is a kusudama like you've probably never folded before! This 120 unit masterpiece blends traditional icosahedral properties of 5s and 3s with modern and elegant spiral connections. The final model is edgy and elegant and definitely not a variation on the same old kusudama you already have at home.
The embedded swan and the card are folded from a duo-color square sheet of paper using color change. The swan will stick out while opening the card. The closed greeting card can be flatterned and mailed to your friend.