Hi everyone, it's that time of the month again - first Saturday: new video instructions. :) But this time I have multiple other big announcements for you.
1. Instructional video on a bat by Fernando Gilgado Gómez First things first - the instructional video for October 2014 features a cute bat designed by Fernando Gilgado Gómez. I'm sure many of you know the fantastic work Fernando does, and it was a pleasure to be able to present one of his Papirolandia models. Photo: http://www.happyfolding.com/gallery-gomez-bat Video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/8MdvHEgMjz8 Video on happyfolding: http://www.happyfolding.com/instructions-gilgado_gomez-bat Do also check out Fernando's website http://gilgado.pajarita.org/ and Flickr stream https://www.flickr.com/gilgado/ - and of course his books. The bat is diagrammed in Papirolandia 2: http://www.happyfolding.com/gilgado_gomez-papirolandia_2 2. A giveaway celebrating the new and fresh look for happyfolding.com If you haven't visited my website in the last couple of days, you're in for a surprise. On Wednesday I launched a complete redesign, both reorganizing the content and making the layout look good not just on desktops and laptops, but also tablets and phones. Incidentally, I introduced the new design to the day seven years after happyfolding.com went online first. I also wrote a short article with some updates about the design: http://www.happyfolding.com/blog-happyfolding_redesign_2014 And to celebrate the occasion, I'm doing a giveaway of two paper packs with 20 sheets of lokta, 30cm (11.8 in) side length. These are produced by Anglesey Paper Company: http://www.angleseypapercompany.co.uk/ Video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/_BBxFEVMChs Take part by filling in this form by October 11th 2014: http://goo.gl/forms/6aApJP7fmK 3. September's "Your Origami Folds" The most recent Your Origami Folds video is all about the Five-and-Four tessellation designed by Eric Gjerde. I also talked a bit about origami updates from my side before showing the pictures - which I hope you don't mind. Video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Z0oZ3tmEGfk Video on YouTube, jump to the photos directly: http://youtu.be/Z0oZ3tmEGfk?t=8m44s Video on happyfolding: http://www.happyfolding.com/your_origami_folds-september_2014 Also, a quick reminder that the deadline for October's Your Origami Folds is approaching fast. You have one more week (until October 11th) to send me a picture of Dasa Severova's fantastic Star Bowl: http://youtu.be/2y1q8m7UdhA or http://www.happyfolding.com/instructions-severova-star_bowl The Your Origami Fold for November will then be about the bat by Fernando Gilgado Gómez. As always, the deadline is the second Saturday of the month, so November 8th 2014. It'd be great to see your folds! 4. A new paper review: O-Gami Finally, the next paper review by Ilan Garibi and Gadi Vishne went online. This time it's a special treat again - O-gami, which received one of the best ratings yet! O-gami review on happyfolding: http://www.happyfolding.com/paper-review_o_gami O-gami review on OrigamiUSA: https://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/paper-review-21-o-gami I hope you enjoy the read - and do think about thanking Ilan and Gadi for their great work and effort. I think it's often easy to forget to do this, even if we appreciate produced content. Contact them at [email protected] and [email protected] And with that I think I've written about enough announcements for this mail. Phew, quite a bit, right? I do hope you like it all! Best wishes and happy folding, -- Sara
