This class will introduce you to Peter Engel’s system for designing and folding over 10,000 different bird species. Inspired by the process of natural selection, the system combines simple, geometric folding procedures with the variation introduced by chance (such as spinning a wheel or rolling dice) to generate bodies, heads, beaks, wings, and tails of varied sizes, shapes, and colors. Each combination of features produces a unique species. This will be the first time that Peter has taught his design process and it promises to be a fun, interactive, and experimental class. We won’t know what birds we’ll be making until we actually make them!
- Early 3-D collapse fold is the only difficult step.
Three sheets of 35cm x 35 cm paper. The two sides must be different colors. Duo paper in varied colors recommended. Colored on one side and white on the other will also work. Pre-fold each into a bird base. Bone folder and/or tweezers recommended.