BSF

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Jul 312021
 

BSF International stands for Bible Study Fellowship International. It is an inter-denominational weekly Bible study, which started in Southern California, about 50 years back. Now these studies are conducted in more than 30 countries and in numerous states. I came to know of this fellowship about a year back and have now been given an opportunity to attend their weekly meetings near my home. The study this year is on the book of Genesis, the [Continued..]

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Cherry Blossoms

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Jul 302021
 
Cherry Blossoms

Cherry blossoms are beautiful flowers that grow in abundance in Fall. You think of cherry blossoms and most of us would think of Japan These flowers, called Sakura in Japanese, have a variety of uses including culinary ones. The flowers are usually white in colour with pale pink near the stems. And I wanted to give these lovely flowers a try. I found a very simple traditional design for folding these flowers. It involves a [Continued..]

Sunflower

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Jul 282021
 
Sunflower

After the tulip, here is a sunflower I think this is a traditional design. But unfortunately, I am not able to find it online or in any of the origami books! I had got mine from a Japanese origami magazine, which I had picked up from a second hand book shop. As for this bright sunflower, I found it somewhat difficult to fold. It took me 2-3 tries before I could get a presentable sunflower! [Continued..]

Tulip

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Jul 282021
 
Tulip

The traditional origami tulip is actually quite easy to do and though I hadn’t done a post on this, I had included this as part of my Summer Origami Composition, a few months back. So I was on the lookout for yet another origami tulip to make and this one caught my eye. The design is by Takashi Tanaka. I found the folding very unique, because it starts off with a square base, with the [Continued..]

Wildflower

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Jul 262021
 
Wildflower

This wildflower is designed by Marcela Brina. This flower was a bit more challenging than my previous ones. But still, quite a successful attempt I think. Notice the paper? I absolutely love it! This is pearlized momigami paper that I had bought recently. I bought it mainly to make roses. I have seen some of the pictures of paper roses made with this paper and they look quite gorgeous! The paper folds quite well and [Continued..]