Apr 092022
 
Bear Bookmark

This origami bear head bookmark is designed by Klaus-DieterEnnen and isn’t very difficult to fold. Duo-coloured paper with brown and black might work out very well I think. Brown for the head and black for the little nose. Origami Details: Model: Bear Bookmark Creator: Klaus-DieterEnnen Website: The Origamist – Klaus-Dieters Origami Site Classification: Origami | Animals | | Bookmarks Difficulty Level: Low Intermediate Paper Ratio: Square Paper size: 5 inches Model size: 3.5 inches tall and 2.75 inches across Instructions: The Origamist – Klaus-Dieters Origami Site Tutorial: [Continued..]

Mar 312022
 
Easter 2013

This Easter, let us not forget that it is not about fluffy bunnies and chocolate eggs, but about what Jesus did for us. Happy Easter, dear readers Well, I have been wondering what to fold this Easter and decided to redo Jared Needle’s origami cross. It is a beautiful origami to fold and the more I have folded this cross, the more I enjoy it! There are quite a few sinks, both open and closed [Continued..]

Mar 272022
 

The ABK-AOTS Dosokai Centre in Chennai, India, is a society formed to work as a bridge between Japan and India. The centre regularly conducts programs to introduce us to Japanese arts and culture. One such event is the Japanese Cultural Festival, hosted between 22nd and 24th March this year. During this year’s festival, the Origami Society of Madras was invited and as I am a recent member of the society, I too got an opportunity [Continued..]

Mar 162022
 
Angelfish

The Origami Society of Madras, of which I am a part, is a Facebook group, made up of origami enthusiasts in Chennai (Madras of yore). So a few days back, there was an origami folding challenge on the theme, ‘Aqua’ ie., any origami that is related to water can be folded – shells, fish, frogs etc. The event will be coming to an end on 17th March. Well, I only recently came to know of [Continued..]

Feb 122022
 
New Life

This dual coloured heart is designed by Andrey Lukyanov, an Ukrainian origamist, who has designed a whole bunch of heart/love-based origami! Using Google Translate, I gather from his website (which is in Russian), that this heart represents 2 halves of love which builds a new life. As far as the model goes, the creator has made a detailed video on how to fold it (link below). After the initial pre-creasings, the model is collapsed on [Continued..]