If you are wondering if I have abandoned the blog, well, that isn’t happening any time soon! But I haven’t been making a lot of origami per se. More of origami jewelry and experimenting with paper – what paper to use for what, size – what size is good for adults/children, design – what design is easy to work on and so on and on. And the result of those experiments are the earrings and [Continued..]
This month has been a busy time for me, getting ready for the event I had posted about yesterday. And here is what I have been working on.. These heart earrings are a favourite of mine. And I have been making quite a number of them. Most of them have a little dangle and are about 5-6 cms in height. My daughter insisted that I make a few smaller ones too – she is very [Continued..]
Tried an origami wall decor for the first time. Turns out, even a simple design such as the spiky wreath isn’t all that easy to convert into a decorative item! The first issue was with the size. I wanted it to be at least 12 inches in size, so needed to hunt out paper that measured 9 inches at least. And in coordinating colours! Folding it was easy. Assembling was also easy. But all [Continued..]
I love folding wreaths and rings, especially the 3D variety. I have folded a few like the Mette’s Ring – 3D Variation, Sun Dial, Eifel Star. And I found this Alpha Centauri Ring, designed by Martin Sejer Andersen, a good and easy ring to fold. It is a 3D ring, made from 8 units. The fold starts with dividing the paper into thirds. You can of course, approximate it and fold, but much simpler to fold [Continued..]
This year’s sale in our church was on the 5th of August. This special sale is actually in celebration of harvest and is usually celebrated in all churches during the months of August and September. The idea behind it is that, we should give our best to the Lord for His love and kindness throughout the year. Similar to Abel of the Old Testament in the Bible, we strive to give the best of what [Continued..]