As a folder who grew up in Japan, I had never seen or made a flapping bird
until I was shown it by my BOS friends in Birmingham. It is not common in
Japan, and tends to be viewed as quite ugly or ungraceful compared to the
traditional crane. It is certainly never depicted in Japanese prints, fab
Subject: Re: [Origami] Is scoring paper cheating?
The origami folk in Melbourne had paper scored to make a record number of paper
tsuru for a beautiful display in central Melbourne a few years ago - I remember
Perth Origami Group folding several dozen scored, fairly stiff sheets as our
contribu
Re: Has anyone ever folded a really nice Jack Skillman's Jackstone?
I have enjoyed this thread - and it reminded me of a teaching session some
years ago - one of the few well-paid ones to the Calligraphers Guild (envelope
folds) - where one middle-aged man at the back was fiddling with some pap
Most common practical models and their purposes?
Hi Gerado
You forgot the traditional medicine/seed package that is extensively
used in Japan where medicines are traditionally taken in powder form,
so each dose comes wrapped in a simple origami fold. I'm sure others
can
Hi allAn interesting use of origami to protect the Great Barrier
Reef: https://www.acf.org.au/reef-not-coal Clare, Perth Origami
Group, Western Australia (where our corals are dying too)
1. Re: Boomerang airplane Perth Origami Group's Sanny Ang also has
a wonderful Zoomerang - check it out
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJNRkqUtvq4
The bone folder I'm familiar with actually comes from kimono making.
When hand-sewing kimono, because it's mostly straight lines, you
traditionally zig-zag the fabric onto the needles to make numerous
small, straight stitches in one go. You then use the curved part of
the bone folder to create fi
The bone folder I'm familiar with actually comes from kimono making.
When hand-sewing kimono, because it's mostly straight lines, you
traditionally zig-zag the fabric onto the needles to make numerous
small, straight stitches in one go. You then use the curved part of
the bone folder to create fi
Subject: [Origami] CDO convention 2018
36th C.D.O. Convention - November 1-4, 2018
Hi all - just tentatively wondering if anyone is interested in
travelling a few days together exploring Tuscany before or after this
convention? It's too far to travel from Australia just for the
convention.Clare
Hi allJust wondering if anyone else from outside Sydney is coming to
this. I'm starting to think about room booking and possible
post-convention activities with fellow folders. [And yes, I do live
in Australia, but Perth to Sydney is equivalent to London to Moscow,
so it's a pretty long way just fo
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