I started on countdown pics for Origami Heaven a lot earlier this year but managed to skip many days in between. Ended up collected 25 days worth of pics which is pretty good.
Enjoy!
67 Days - windmill star shape inspired by squashed bird base patterns from Secrets of Origami book by Robert Harbin
66 modular units for dodecahedron / Lewis Simon and Robert Neale. 30 units
65 finished modular dodecahedron / Lewis Simon and Robert Neale
64 Setareh by Ali Bahmani (from Paper Issue 116 summer 2014)
63 hexagon fun inspired by Fujimoto hexagon flowers
60 more harmony paper hexagon // inspired by Fujimoto
59 harmony paper hexagon flower // Fujimoto
58 hexagon stars // Fujimoto
57 hexagon star // Fujimoto
56 omega star // Phil Shen
55 'Alice Gray and Emiko Kruckner' butterflies // LaFosse
50 hexagon snowflake // Fujimoto
48 hexagon star // Fujimoto
47 hexagon snowflake // Fujimoto
46 traditional box // learned from Leyla video. Autumn calendar from BBG.
45 Ishibashi ball with 12 units. I folded some units and Doug assembled.
41 mascot monkey OUSA annual gift / Tomoko Fuse.
36 more mascot money by Fuse. Love this color.
20 silver spoon designed by Nguyen Tu Tuan (I learned from Leyla Torres YouTube instructions)
19 folding extra wonton skins into preliminary and waterbomb bases.
17 colorful windmill learned from Montroll book.
16 samurai hats
11 fox puppet made from house/wallet starting point. Genius.
2 windmill and kite bases
1 Roman Diaz maple leaf
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Title: Celebrate World Origami Day "Back to basics"
When Talo relaxed the rules / guidance substantially for Origami Heaven this year, I decided to try something different.
Origami model selection:
Instead of focusing on a theme or a super complicated origami model, I decided to pay tribute to 'the basics', i.e. Origami bases! I first tried to line up a few preliminary bases but eventually decided to use windmill base and kite base for my final card.
Paper selection:
When I was showing my prototype to friends, Wes suggested that I use some translucent paper to show off the layers. I have to thank her for providing a stash of such paper. Some people thought they were vellum and some thought glassine. Not sure which one (paper experts feel free to comment). They came in a variety of colors and leave very permanent white crease lines. I would not recommend them for super complex models with many reversing folds and/or sinks. Crease pattern is the way to go. In fact, to avoid extra crease lines, I figured out how to fold the crease pattern for windmill.
Color selection:
Things look good in threes so I just mixed and matched card back, windmill, and kite bases in different colors.
Labels:
Front is written with crayons. Pens don't work on the textured paper very well. Back label is done by hand with pencil / mechanical pencil. I didn't want to do extensive labels because I wanted the card to be clean and not clutter with stickers.
Appearance/assembly:
Card is see-through if held up to light. As windmill and kite are both wind/aerodynamic, I left them unattached in sleeve so they can moved about. (I like to be poetic even if others may accuse of me of being lazy here)
Gallery:
You can see more drafts of cards in gallery below. In order to just capture the spirit and not bore you with all the drafts, I did a bit of selection of all the photos. If you really want to see more, let me know. I also attached cards I got back from the trade, including an ATQ (artist trading quilt by Judy!)
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