I KNOW, I SUCK...

What, it's only been like four months or something, and this blog is already declining. Yeah, I know, I suck. But really, it's been way too busy for me to sit down and fold. To satisfy the craving, I've just been folding paper stars instead. And shopping. Origami-themed shopping?

I swear I'll be making things again soon, once I get settled here. I actually ordered the book from my previous post and am way too excited to go through it. So, there's no doubt I'll be posting again soon!

NEWLY ADDED TO WISHLIST

I need this book by Paul Jackson. Need, need, need. One: I love him and his work. Two: I love folding (obviously). Three: Oh hey, I'm a designer. After my friend showed this to me on Dezeen, I've added to my wish list immediately!

CANVAS CRANE TIMES NINE

I actually started this at the beginning of summer, and didn't really like it at all... But, it was bugging me that I have so many half-started canvases in my closet so I actually got around to finishing this one. Meh. Paper cranes are a fun subject matter.

PAPER ORB

CANVAS CRANE

Didn't really know what I felt like painting, so a paper crane seemed appropriate. It was more of an excuse to mix paints, make pretty colours, and get really dirty splattering paint everywhere. My knees still have red and blue speckles. I felt a bit like Neil Buchanan by having this random art-attack.

STARBURSTS

Hangin' out at the grandparent's... Had a little fun with this. I used sketchbook paper from my brother's sketchbook and it's definitely not the best to fold with. It doesn't have very good memory and it's very soft. Either way, here's a pattern I saw on Andrea Russo's Flickr.

Despite the fact that this tessellation is relatively flat and the paper never overlaps (but I still think it's technically considered a tessellation?) I like how it catches light. Other tessellations look nice when they're back-lit, but this one looks good when light is coming across it's surface. Yum.

STRAWS TO STARS

I love folding paper stars, but I'd never heard of folding straw stars... My cousin taught me how the other day, and it's hard! It took me so long to get it - mine are the ugly orange and yellow ones on the right. The ends still have to be trimmed. They're stronger and look cooler than paper stars, I think. Just being super Asian.

LINED PAPER: NOT JUST FOR DOODLING

I love scrap lined paper. Although I'm not at my regular work station back home - I'm visiting my cousins in Toronto - I've still managed to make time to fold a little bit. Found a piece of lined paper lying around on a desk and folded a pattern from Eric Gjerde's Flickr.

I like this pattern with it's octagons and squares... And I feel like I can develop it further, so it's time to get some more lined paper.

NOW I NEED A CRAFT ROBO

Spending time on Flickr has its advantages. The other day, browsing through some cool origami albums, I stumbled upon Polly Verity and her Flickr account - which is just full of gorgeous works.

 

The stuff she makes is so magical and seems to defy all folding laws - perfect curves, corners and edges. How does she do it? She folds polypropylene using a Craft Robo - a printer-like device that has a small blade rather than ink cartridges. Through a compter program, patterns can be made then "printed" through the Craft Robo onto anything from light film to cardstock and plastic. These scored cuts on the polypro can then be folded and collapsed into things like what Polly Verity does. In conclusion, I need a Craft Robo and some polypropylene.

HALF SIZE

I liked my last modular project so much, I decided to do it once more but with 7.5x7.5cm paper - half the size of the first attempt. The smaller scale proved to be much more of a challenge (as one would expect) and it had me using random objects I could find to help me assemble the units together. I ended up using my painting knife to hold open some of the pieces so I could weave other pieces in. It was quite a mess.

In the end, no matter how patient and gentle I was with the paper, I couldn't get two of the flaps into their rightful pockets so they're just kind of hangin' out I guess. Other than that, it's not a bad model. The colours were a little unfortunate but it's all I had in that size. But it's a cute size, so I'm happy.

Design by Jeannine Mosley (Diagram here).