Folded Friends
I’m really loving these origami critters made and designed by Uruguayan artist Román Díaz.
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Flat-Folding Steel Grocery Bag
From Oxford “origami engineers” Weina Wu and Zhong You, published as A solution for folding rigid tall shopping bags in Proceedings of the Royal Society A. ScienceNOW has an item that at least tries to explain why this achievement is scientifically significant, rather than just really cool. Which, frankly, I don’t quite understand. But then, for our purposes, “really cool” is all the justification we need.
Moneygami @ Flickr
Check out all the cool paper-currency-gami in the Flickr Origami pool. User tend2it’s 2 Dollar Demon is a personal fave. [Thanks, Tim!]
$3 Origami Flower – Weekend Projects Podcast
This weekend, make a flower out of 3 bills. This makes a great tip for a nice dinner out or just a way to spend 20 minutes or so folding paper! This project is from Craft: Magazine Volume 5 and the origami was designed by Robert J. Lang and Diagrammed by Jeffrey Rutzky.
Clever book-folding sculpture trick
It would appear that Isaac Salazar’s remarkable “origami” book sculptures are made simply by folding each page to the right dimensions. Dog-ears of various sizes will achieve the outer profile of the shape, but I assume internal details require that the pages be cut. See more in Veronica Salazar’s Flickr stream. [via Recyclart]
Book Review + Giveaway: Crease + Fold
Crease + Fold: Innovative Origami Anyone Can Make by Sok Song is beautifully photographed book filled with great projects. Learn the Origami 101’s which includes explanations of the basics – symbols, folds, and various bases, then prepare to dive into creating your first origami. I love that the projects in the book are divided into […]
Modular origami nanotube model
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, this beautiful modular origami construction, Ã la Tomoko Fuse, from user fdecomite. Its formal title, Giant short nanotube, provides a rare opportunity to observe a double oxymoron in the wild.
