After completing the Birdwing Butterfly from a few days back, I gave Michael LaFosse’s very famous Alice Gray Butterfly a go. This is a much simpler butterfly to work on, but looks as beautiful as his more complex designs. And to aid me in my origami, I had recently purchased Margaret van Sicklen’s book ‘The Joy of Origami‘. The reason I had purchased the book was because of the beautiful paper that comes along [Continued..]
The origami birdwing butterfly is yet another of Michael LaFosse’s beautiful butterflies. I love folding LaFosse’s butterflies, as they are not very simple but at the same time, not so complex that they give you the shivers, just looking at the instructions either! The book ‘Origami Butterflies‘, by Michael LaFosse, takes you through a system of discovery for folding an unlimited variety of origami butterflies. The book is great to add to your collection, if [Continued..]
A few days back I read a joke that 90% of people using Google.com, use it to check if their internet connection is working and only the remaining 10% use it for searching! Well, it looks like most people I know were busy checking their internet connections today, cos I have got endless messages, pings, calls informing me that today is Akira Yoshizawa’s birthday, thanks to the Google doodle today I have got suggestions on [Continued..]
Well, here is another butterfly that I tried out as part of the butterfly week. This one is from a rectangle paper in the ratio 1:2. I found a video on You Tube with the instructions for making this butterfly. Unfortunately I am not able to find out the creator of this sweet little butterfly. If anyone does know, please do drop a comment. Update: I did find out that the creator of this butterfly [Continued..]
Akira Yoshizawa’s butterfly is the first one I am trying this week. The butterfly starts from a waterbomb base. There are precisely 4 folds following the waterbomb base and voila! You have a beautiful butterfly. The beauty of this butterfly lies in the simplicity of the folds. This was amongst the initial origami that I folded and I assure you, if you are a beginner origamist, this is a must-fold. Have a go at it Model [Continued..]
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