Wish you a blessed and joyous Christmas, dear readers! May the joy and peace of Christmas be with each and every one of you now and in the new year to come I read this Christmas Affirmation in a Christmas greeting that I received recently: I believe that Christmas is more than a time for parties and ornaments; it is a time for remembering Christ and the incarnation of God’s love in human flesh. I [Continued..]
The Modular Sea Urchin Star is a simple design, by Martin Sejer Andersen. Rather than a sea urchin, the model looks more like a snow-capped star, I think It is a fun model to fold, looks a little like the Bascetta but with much more slender arms. A total of 30 units are required. The units are folded from a rectangle with sides in the ratio 1:2. Folding the units is over in a jiffy. [Continued..]
The Multi Points Star, by Ilan Garibi, is a great addition to my origami collection this Christmas. The stars are modular, easy to make and can be used to make stars with as many points as required, starting with 6 points. I realised that paper that is thicker than usual origami paper works great for this model. So I ended up using printer paper, wrapper paper etc. I tried with various sizes of squares as [Continued..]
After a whole lot of Christmas crafts and tutorials, here is another beautiful modular star, created by Christine Blasek. There are about 3 variations to this star and all of them look great! The model has 8 units in all and I wanted to bring out that change in colour in the centre of the star, so I had used some of my precious duo coloured origami paper. And I think the star justifies the [Continued..]
And finally, I managed to complete the tutorial for the snowflakes from this post. I have put up 2 snowflakes – the cream one is very simple and the pink one is more complex. The tutorial is for a moderately complex snowflake. The same principle will apply for both these snowflakes. Materials: 1. Strips of paper – the preferable width of the strips is 0.5 to 1 inch. The smaller the width, the more delicate-looking [Continued..]