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Last weekend Cherry Blossom Festival, Monterey Park

An obituary/tribute was included in the program:

My stage demo was on Saturday.  Last act.

I folded Yami's fireworks as giveaway prizes for the quick fold contest at the end.

I was joined by Pam Miike.

I had ordered a paper glider gun from Amazon and did not break it open until the day of the Festival on Saturday.  It took me a while to figure out that it wasn't broken (Have to insert a paper glider for the motor to start running).

How to make a paper glider gun

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Jim Drake's post, via Sydney Origami

Saturday Evening Cartoon

Flying messages

A clip from the movie "Paper Planes":

NOA # 512 Review

Paper Glider Trick Shots

Lexus through the eyes of art

Congratulations Himanshu Agrawal!

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A Basket of Strawberries

Easter basket designed by Aldo Putignano
Strawberry designs: traditional, Rae Cooker, Davis Donahue, Toshie Takahama (vase masquerading as a strawberry), Michael Sanders

Superbrain

Dr. Lang's email sent to the Origami Email List:

Hi all,


Several weeks ago, I was invited to Nanjing, China, to be one of the “course-setters” for a Chinese game show, “Superbrain”, in which two teams of contestants compete in various types of mental challenge, and the one I was involved in required examining origami crease patterns with spots on them and estimating how many of the spots would be visible on the outside of the folded model. The show is now posted on the intertubes:


http://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rrc1ybno.html?vfm=f_245_360d


You have to wait through 45 seconds of commercials to get to the show. The origami stuff starts showing up at about 40:00 in.


I want to especially draw your attention to the other course-setter, Pei Haozheng (裴浩正), who is a very talented origami artist and designer (and, incidentally, did the vast majority of the course-setting work; I was basically the window-dressing). Most of the origami you see during they show is his work. He’s a skilled artist and a nice guy, and we had some fun chats, where I learned more about the origami scene in China. There’s not a lot of folders, and a few famous (and infamous) ones who have a tendency to pass off others’ work as their own (to the chagrin of the rest), but the community of original designers is vibrant, if small, and growing. I expect we’ll see more from them in the coming years! And keep an eye on Pei.


Enjoy,


Robert

I gave up in hunting for an embed code.  So click on the link and enjoy!

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Hat tip:  Fred Upton

What would you do if you won the lottery?

Lottery ad in a New York subway station in Manhattan (photo taken by Laura's husband):

Hat tip  Laura Rozenberg, via Origami-L

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