Showing posts with label Observations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Observations. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 April 2012

SHARING IS CARING


It's a lesson we all learn when we're young: Sharing is caring.

So what was shared with me and what will I share with you today? Well, it began with a friend of mine giving me a lovely gift of two packs of beautiful Japanese origami paper. I was kind of surprised that someone would do such a spontaneously kind act.



Shortly after, another gift was shared with me. I was taught this simple but elegant butterfly design. The two things shared with me at this point seemed to go quite well together and therefor I couldn't stop folding butterflies with this beautiful paper. The result was a decent sized pile of them kind of scattered around my room. All the while with the plan in my head to return a gift back to the person who started it all - so here's the result:

A little butterfly display (consisting of only the rarest of species, of course) which I will give to my friend as a thanks for giving me the paper in the first place.





I kind of really enjoyed this mini-project. I think when I go back to Canada, I might find myself re-doing it (possibly on a larger scale).

Oh yes, and in other sharing news: Someone actually answered my plea for new origami-related books from a previous post. My dearest mama was kind enough to order two books off of my wishlist (what! that actually worked??) and ship them straight to my office for a dancing-embarrassingly-in-front-of-my-coworkers surprise. Funnily enough though, I wanted these books so bad that I ended up getting them despite my financial restrictions a few weeks earlier. Yes, the exact same two books. So, I ended up with double. I guess I'm just too predictable. But still, I've had a lot of people show me they care because they share in this past little while and it's been too sweet. So thanks to those who share! Go out there and get sharing/caring.



Tuesday, 1 November 2011

MONEY ON MY MIND


So here’s my situation: Opportunity vs. money. I’m currently debating between two jobs. One paid but going nowhere, one unpaid but an opportunity of a lifetime. Here I am, turning out my already empty pockets, and I’m considering going even broker. Oh and did I mention, I may be getting kicked out of my awesomely-cheap apartment. In times like this, I’ll turn to the thing I love most. Clearly, I’ve got money on my mind. If I had some dollah-dollah bills, I may be tempted to do some money-folding, but sadly, I think I'll keep them in my wallet so I can afford dinner tonight.




By Won Park for YIU Studio.

PS, I suppose now’s the time to quote some lil’ Wayne lyrics but... I think I’ll spare this blog from the profanities.

Sunday, 17 July 2011

MOVIN' OUT


Moving is tough when you're both an origami nut and someone who doesn't throw things out (I know there's a word for it, but pack-rat and hoarder are not words I like to use to describe myself...) I've selected some special works from my larger collection to keep safe at a friend's house while I'm gone for the year.



And when I say "some" special works, I do mean a decent-sized box-full of stuff. As for the rest of my projects, they get a special send-off to the after world of paper: a glorious flaming farewell. I'll be setting those things ablaze somehow somewhere sometime. Those were the ones that were fun to make, nice to look at, but for one reason or another just fell apart or turned ugly. They had a good run.

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Sunday, 1 May 2011

OVERLOAD


Now that I've gotten THIS out of my system...



I have gotten most of the paper projects done that I wanted to 
work on during the school year but couldn't.
Now... I'm on the hunt for new projects.
Send me cool paper stuff if you see any!



Friday, 22 April 2011

A SERIOUS ADDICTION


I moved out of studio this week and had to bring home my prized desk-origami.


With this addiction comes a serious problem...
Where do I keep all of this??


Tuesday, 12 April 2011

THIS ISN'T PAPER RELATED



But it's still something I love just as much!
I thought I'd share some stills from one of my favourite movies.

  

Sunday, 10 April 2011

ORGA




Wallacks' store display put a little smile on my face.
(Except they used tape, tisk tisk)