Convention 2024 Classes - Previews

Jeff Raab and Frank Ling, two of the senior artists at Taro's Origami Studios, will share three new designs - an Empire State Building, a Flying Pig, and a two-tone Cat. Models include reverse folds, crimp folds, petal folds, and swivel folds. All three can be folded from 6" paper. If there's time left over, Jeff and Frank can field questions about designing, working as professional origami artists/teachers, or teach an additional model or two.

A fairly simple, but elegant, twist star made from a hexagon. Pre-cut hexagons will be provided by the instructor. S. Guarnieri has a number of fun models on his website, and I hope this inspires people to check it out.

Create the most stunning magic ball with just half a letter-sized paper! In this class, I will teach you how to make a unique and interesting ball in about 1 hour and 45 minutes.

The Baby Flasher Hat is an origami hat that can be compressed down to a smaller version, one that can be held easily in your hand. It is very similar to Jeremy Shafer's other Flasher Hat. In fact, it is the same model but with fewer repetitions, so it is not much easier, just less time-consuming, to fold than the Flasher Hat.

This charming alligator is folded from a grafted fish base. While folding, we'll explore the design principles behind this model, including bases and the technique of grafting.

This accordion book is perfect to show off photographs, sketches or just your favorite paper samples. We will make and assemble two sections; more can be added later. I will demonstrate how to enhance the book with additions to convert it into a junk journal or travel journal. There are additional assembly options to make this unit into other useful objects that I will cover as time permits.

This design is my adaption on the traditional fortune teller model. All corners of the model turn to hearts. It can be played like the traditional game as well.

To fold a model from crease pattern, one would need to locate the points where each fold starts and ends. This is called "reference finding". In this class, I will teach how to: 1) calculate the reference, 2) use the hourglass method to make rational division for boxpleated crease pattern, 3) generalize it to make irrational division for 22.5 crease pattern. The goal is to have participant understand how to make the creases from a crease pattern. We will have some exercises along the class, so please bring papers.

An attractive stylized cat in a midcentury modern aesthetic. Makes a great gift!

This is not too hard of a model, but you should be comfortable with shaping.
22.5 degree model.
I will explain the design process a little during the class.

This action model was a fan favorite in the mid-nineties. It uses one sheet of square paper a heavier weight than Kami. Paper will be provided.

This beautiful and rarely taught Chris Palmer model comes courtesy of Jorge Jaramillo, who in turn learned it from a friend visiting Chris Palmer. It features Chris' signature "decreeping" method, which is also used to fold his Flower Tower.