[Origami] Winter Origami Exchange 2014!

2014-11-25 Thread Wesley Guo
Hello everyone! It’s time for CAL Origami's Winter Origami Gift Exchange! This is our annual event where we pair up people from around the world and help them send awesome origami to each other to spread a little holiday goodwill! Last year, we had over 130 participants from 22 different countries

[Origami] Carmen Sprung's Stern Franziska spinner

2014-11-25 Thread Michael Sanders
One of the things that I learned from my partnership with Joe Hamamoto and Yami Yamauchi in entertaining people with origami over the years is that they love to make things spin. So when I finally folded Carmen Sprung's Stern Franziska at last Sunday's Pacific Ocean Paperfolders meeting, I also di

Re: [Origami] Carmen Sprung's Stern Franziska spinner

2014-11-25 Thread Brian K. Webb
On Nov 25, 2014, at 6:12 AM, Michael Sanders wrote: > So when I finally folded Carmen Sprung's Stern Franziska at last Sunday's > Pacific Ocean Paperfolders meeting, I also discovered that it makes for a > wonderful spinner: > > http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com/2014/11/carmen-sprungs-ste

[Origami] Origami related Story

2014-11-25 Thread Paper Dragon
Back in 2001, I had attended an NOA and a JOAS convention. After the JOAS convention, Yamaguchi-san had organized a bus trip to tour the country side. The first stop was a village where they made handmade paper. The Japan Times had a story about such a site getting UNESCO Heritage designation.

[Origami] Rabbit Tutorial

2014-11-25 Thread Alexander Kurth
Hey folders! And another video tutorial. This time the rabbit by a very young designer. Carlson Choo Di Shen. I have varied some little parts with his permission. You can see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nkCHVTU1LU Have fun and a great evening! Alex

[Origami] A Couple of Holiday Toots!

2014-11-25 Thread JC Nolan
Hey all, Just wanted to send out a couple of announcements for your post-turkey pre-holidaze preparations. The first is a very late announcement that /"//Tom Stamm's Origami Dragons/" is finally available. It actually went live in July but with my surgery and recovery I've been very remiss