These classes have been submitted and are in the approval process. Some may not appear on the final schedule.
An introduction to origami that will include basic folds, common bases, and understanding diagrams. Models taught will include the traditional box, swan, sailboat, start basket and water bomb. After the two hour class participants will have a good understanding of the "basics" and ready to attend other beginner classes offered at the convention.
Mephistopholese and Mask of Pan
Super complex class that is a box pleated model, requiring experienced shaping and being comfortable with multiple sink folds and spread squashes.
This is a five-piece modular model of a rhododendron blossom.
Love Bug is Wensdy Whitehead's clever variation of the traditional cicada model.
The Flapping Bird wearing a Crane Costume is a cool combination of the traditional crane and flapping bird. The silhouette is of the Crane, but it flaps like a flapping bird.
The state bird of my home, Georgia. The Brown Thrasher sports straight tail feathers and a longish curved beak. This fold is from a flexible base that could easily be adapted to other bird species.
A favorite of anglers. The base for this fish design, like the form of the fish itself, is irregular.
Note: this class will likely run longer than the allotted time.
This class introduces caring and sharing origami in unanticipated ways, from crying children, heartbreaking situations, dissolving anger and saying "thank you". Come learn and share. We Will share a few simple models most can be folded from found materials. I Hope that the class participates by SHOWING and sharing their own special origami that they fold to quiet the screaming child, and origami to say thank you, I love or care about you when words are hard to find. If you know where your special origami is diagrammed please be prepared to share that information.
Folding using Japanese decorative paper cords, simple designs everyone can learn. Books of designs are available for the students to look through and use, along with cords to make knots. Each class will start with the basic knots, but students are free to work on whatever they'd like from the books or their own imaginations.
Folding using Japanese decorative paper cords, simple designs everyone can learn. Books of designs are available for the students to look through and use, along with cords to make knots. Each class will start with the basic knots, but students are free to work on whatever they'd like from the books or their own imaginations.
Is it a cube? Is it a rose? Yes! This model makes an amazing transformation from a simple-looking cube to a beautiful flower. Class is more than 45 minutes, but less than 1:45, so students either will be able to get out earlier, or be able to likely make 2 models.
Kusudama is a form of modular origami where 6, 12, or 30 identical origami modules are folded and assembled to form a geometrical object. In the Principles of Kusudama Design, students will learn the theory behind designing kusudamas. They will be given the opportunity to fold their own models.
Like the regular dodecahedron, this model has 12 pentagonal faces, but the pentagons are concave and the resulting polyhedron is concave. When the double dodecahedron dissection (see the description of my other class, "Triple D") is folded up into a pentagonal dodecahedron, it is solid all the way to its center, but when it is folded up into a rhombic dodecahedron, there is a void in its interior. The figure is the shape of that void.
"Triple D" is the Double Dodecahedron Dissection. The model consists of a ring of 24 edge-connected, alternating tetrahedra and pentahedra that can be folded up to make either a pentagonal dodecahedron or a rhombic dodecahedron. It is a modular, made from 60 squares and 12 silver rectangles. We will probably not finish the model in class, but everyone will know how to make the modules and connect them before the end. Free math lesson included!
Ellen Aronson introduced me to this lovely model. This model is attributed to Heidi Kyle and Ulla Warchol in the Art of the Fold, although various forms have appeared online. I will be teaching this model using paper a bit different sized than it appears in the book. The class will be using letter and large paper. The book features a roof flap lock similar to one used by Gay M. Gross’ practical purse. This model has several pockets inside and outside much like a wallet and if time permits a small notepad/book will be added.
This recursive star design can be folded with as many layers as you want, but for time constraints during the class we won't fold as many as are pictured here. This star is 5-pointed, but can also be folded with more than 5 sides using the same structure.
This bucky ball is a modular model made from 60 equilateral triangle pieces. It can be displayed by itself or encase a light bulb for an interesting lamp.
Origami Goose by Jo Nakashima.
I will show you how to fold the Bell Cricket by Akira Yoshizawa along with some natural details for the cricket to hide in including blades of grass.
Want to take better pictures of your origami models? Here is a quick lesson on how to use lighting and composition to improve your photos. You may be surprised at what's possible even with just your phone camera!
This is a model which uses compound creases, that is, creases which have both straight and curved components. A large part of the model is learning to fold curved creases from landmarks without tools, using tangents and the paper's unwillingness to curve in more than one direction at a time.
Simple to Complex is not a good yardstick for this model. Nothing terribly complex about it, but the concepts may seem strange to some and the technique difficult to master. This model is from a hexagon. folded into lateral fifths.
This delightful flower does require a sink fold.
This will be a group discussion about special tools that we use to make folding more precise and produce a more attractive model. Attendees are urged to bring their best folding tools to “show & tell” the group.
This model by Stefan Brinkmann is his variation of Shin Hin-Gyo’s “Rose Box Top”. It features a heart with a rose in its center. Using a harmony kami with two or more colors with the one color in the middle of the paper results in the rose that pops more prominently when completed. While folding it with 6-inch paper is ok, is better to fold the model with an 8-inch paper.