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Sunday, March 29, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Polypopagon Mischief
At Descanso Gardens last Saturday:
Yami helped me have a die made of the crease pattern for the model and it was a big hit at the Gardens.
Yami helped me have a die made of the crease pattern for the model and it was a big hit at the Gardens.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Descanso Gardens Cherry Blossom Festival
Toward the end on Sunday, we were trying to close down (never happens on time) and dissuade people from waiting only to be disappointed, thinking we were going to teach the next wave. So I was folding some tulips to just give away for those who got there too late to fold it themselves. I had finished a tulip model and there was a boy and a girl waiting to receive one and we couldn't determine who was in line for it, first. So I asked them, "Ladies first? Or gentlemen?" The little girl instantly snapped back, "Ladies first!" That elicited a round of laughter from the grown-ups.
The boy, to his credit, accepted receiving one after the young girl got hers first.
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Sunday, March 22, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Monday, March 16, 2015
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Monday, March 09, 2015
Some origami magic at Tokyo Central
This is a clip from part of my presentation/demonstration, prior to giving a workshop in origami at Tokyo Central in Costa Mesa, CA, last month.
Sunday, March 08, 2015
Thursday, March 05, 2015
Shafer's Attacking Cobra
Fun-looking model. I have the book, but haven't really gone through it. This video makes me want to fold lots of them:
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Origami Gymnast on PBars
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| 2-26-2015 Gymnast on Pbars Designed by Luigi Leonardi (Italy) Folded by Michael Sanders Diagram source: OUSA Convention book '95 |
Self-Folded Man
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Self-Made Man
Created by Eric Joisel
Folded by Michael Sanders
80 x 48 cm elephant hide
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I first folded this model from CP over 4 years ago, always meaning to do it again out of nice paper.
While figuring out models to teach at the Matsuri workshop a couple of weekends ago, Patricia Grodner brought up the Self-Folded Man.
Well, since the time that I had folded, Alexander Kurth has since come out with a tutorial. So while I was in my hotel room at 2 in the AM, having just arrived 2 hours earlier, I decided to look at the video and start folding one.
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A couple of days ago, I went back and finished the model; pretty much did my final shaping on it yesterday.
Monday, March 02, 2015
March Madness at Marti's
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| Photo credit: Hisako Tanji |
The first Sunday fell on the first.
I brought along with me, the two living legends, Yami and Joe. We also had a special guest, Rosemary Browne visiting from Canada.
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| Rosemary meeting Yami for the first time |
I also had a family bring their son Matthew, who's into magic and subsequently has gotten interested in paperfolding. I coach his little sister in gymnastics.
