Hi there, first things off, yes, the baby's here! I gave birth to my third son, Finn, on June 20th 2018. We're all doing great, Felix and Niklas are loving big brothers and my husband and me happy parents of now three little ones. :) For those of you wanting to have a glimpse of my three kids, I recorded a short announcement video:
happyfolding: https://www.happyfolding.com/vlog-meet_baby_finn YouTube: https://youtu.be/x1Uz9zaC4m8 In the video I did mention there that I might not be uploading videos as regularly for a while, but so far I've managed. I'm not sure whether that will work out this month, too, but for now here's an overview of the videos I uploaded since my last email to you: 1. Vertigo (Francesco Mancini) This is a fun action model, which you can play with to your heart's delight. I recommend using strong, stiff paper. If you have Elephant Hide, that's perfect! Picture: https://www.happyfolding.com/gallery-mancini-vertigo Time-Lapse: https://youtu.be/_O0wCKGVLT0 or https://www.happyfolding.com/animation-mancini-vertigo Tutorial: https://youtu.be/NHQzdC36cUQ or https://www.happyfolding.com/instructions-mancini-vertigo Thanks to Francesco for another wonderful model and his permission to make this tutorial for you! Also, if you prefer diagrams, you'll be happy to know you can purchase them here: https://origamiusa.org/catalog/products/vertigo-pdf And don't forget to check out Francesco's Flickr stream to view more of his fantastic work: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mancinerie 2. Carambola (Ekaterina Lukasheva) I simply fell in love with this easy-to-fold, modular carambola. It's also surprisingly versatile, as you can change its look by combining fewer or more modules, or by incorporating different color-changes to get beautiful variations. Picture: https://www.happyfolding.com/gallery-lukasheva-carambola Time-Lapse: https://youtu.be/caXxdDTRti4 or https://www.happyfolding.com/animation-lukasheva-carambola Tutorial: https://youtu.be/M9lBDfTmmN0 or https://www.happyfolding.com/instructions-lukasheva-carambola Thanks to Ekaterina for this beautiful model and her permission to present it to you in a tutorial! Also check out Kate's books, "Floral Origami" includes diagrams for this model: https://www.happyfolding.com/book-lukasheva-floral_origami - and her website, http://kusudama.me/ 3. Love Birds (Francis Ow) When the sad news of Francis Ow's passing reached me, I wanted to take some time to remember him and his loving, generous nature. I decided to fold something in his memory and chose a model from the free e-book he made available earlier this year. Indeed, it was the first model I folded after giving birth to Finn. Life and death were so close here, and I do hope Finn will have a full life and spread as much love as Francis did. As a special tribute, I decided to make a tutorial on his "Love Birds", which I hope will continue to spread Francis' love through origami. Picture: https://www.happyfolding.com/gallery-ow-love_birds Time-Lapse: https://youtu.be/kjye6fMGhDI or https://www.happyfolding.com/animation-ow-love_birds Tutorial: https://youtu.be/hh-EeQtpNmg or https://www.happyfolding.com/instructions-ow-love_birds Thanks also to Nick for giving me permission to post these videos. The e-book "More Origami Hearts 4U" continues to be available on http://owrigami.com/, the direct link is: http://owrigami.com/hearts4U.pdf 4. i-Squash-ahedron (David Brill) Continuing my theme of relatively simple, but definitely fun models, my latest video shows you how to fold "a curious thing" by Dave. It's surprisingly addictive to squash this model back and forth, you'll have to give it a try to see for yourself. :) Picture: https://www.happyfolding.com/gallery-brill-isquashahedron Time-Lapse: https://youtu.be/FpG8-LIvQFQ or https://www.happyfolding.com/animation-brill-isquashahedron Tutorial: https://youtu.be/boTJ3fVZ60U or https://www.happyfolding.com/instructions-brill-isquashahedron Thanks to Dave for another enjoyable model and his permission to produce a tutorial for it. You can also download diagrams from Dave's website: https://brilliantorigami.com/2018/06/23/new-diagrams-i-squash-ahedron/ - and while you're at it explore the other goodness he's offering there. Now, I hope all is well on your side, too. Enjoy the summer, and, of course, happy folding, -- Sara
