Showing posts with label Carol Stevens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carol Stevens. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

March 5th Sunday and April 1st Sunday Meetings

Been slacking.


This post covers Carol Stevens' 5th Sunday meeting; and Marti's 1st Sunday.

Even though I never saw John Andrisan do a lot of new folding at meetings (it seemed like he mostly came for the company; and for any opportunity to teach the laFosse F14 Tomcat), it felt strange for him not to be at either of these meetings.  He was always there.

3-29-2015
Yami revived Kenneth Kawamura's butterfly ball.


4-5-2015

4-5-2015

Videos and photos here:

Monday, September 01, 2014

5th Sunday at Carol Stevens


I brought Joe to Carol Stevens' 5th Sunday meeting.  No response from Yami.  Last month Joe told me he thinks Yami's lost interest in origami and has moved on.  At least for now.

There was a send out to local folders requesting donations of folded models for a play, "Animals Out of Paper" (link is post-dated for Sept. 4th, FYI), written by Pulitzer Finalist Rajiv Joseph.  Robert Lang is one of the contributors.  Andy Lowe, the production manager of East West Players, was stopping by to pick up model donations, according to Joel Stern.

David donated a beautiful pagoda and giraffe he designed.  Joe Hamamoto brought bags of modular stuff, including about 4 FITs.  That alone is enough to fill up a stage.

I folded a Montroll horse and David Donahue helped me fold this ridiculously large Max Hulme jack-in-the-box:




Carol Stevens stuck us outside because there was initially no room inside when we cut a 2 x 1 from the butcher paper.  Ridiculously large and unwieldy.  We called it "sweat-folding", as it was hot and David's sweat was dripping onto the paper.



Andrew Ting went to the JOAS Convention and had taken Toshikazu KAWASAKI's class on the armor(ed) ball. 

I folded one before the meeting was through, with Andrew's help; then another one when I got home last night.  Love it!

I learned from Sara Adams that the model is published in "Fancy Origami for Practical Use".  It is also apparently in the OUSA 2011 Convention book.


Andrew explains how Kawasaki-sensei had the class of 7 test their folding expertise:




Andrew's off to college and it sounds like next Sunday's at Marti's may be his last local meeting for a while.  Unfortunately, I probably won't make the meeting since I have a gymnastics meet with my girls.

Photos here.


Monday, February 17, 2014

Andrew Ting's Chinese New Year Origami Party




This was yesterday.  I didn't attend last year's. 

 We couldn't all fit into one room; so I missed out on half of what was going on.  I guess at one point they were doing magic tricks in the other room- so much roars of laughter coming from the other side, that we in the other room got jealous and started fake laughing hysterically, so as to make the other group feel like they were missing out on something special (they were).

I thought I had brought my magic flip book ($3.95 on eBay) and was bummed out when I could not find it in the car; so I showed it on my laptop. 

I don't know if the idea is copyright protected/patented, but I'd love to see an origami version of this- maybe a hand reaching for a 3 different blank sheets of paper that transforms into different origami pieces.  I'd do it myself if I were an artist with more time on my hands.

 I taught Akiko Yamanashi's Heart Box, as I had 7 more I have to make for kids at the gym.  My level 3s on Saturday were not amused by my humor when I informed them:  "The good news is that I made a dozen origami heart boxes for you guys; the bad news is, on Valentine's yesterday, I gave them away to the excel group.  The good news is, I decided to make more; the bad news is, I hadn't started making them yet."  Anyway, they just had dull stares in their eyes.

Andrew taught Joseph Wu's pig which Boaz Shuval had taught at WCOG many years ago. 


Some of the food:

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

How to make your own Polypopagon

(New Year) Baby
Created by Robert Lang
Folded by Michael Sanders



Carol was out of town, so the 5th Sunday December meeting was hosted at Marti's.


Photos here (not many).


And to pop in the New Year...


Tuesday, October 01, 2013

5th Sunday in September


Joel Stern taught twice, Pasquale D'Auria's Bird Bath, published in this year's OUSA Convention Book




It was John Andrisan, Marti Reis, and Jim Cowling's birthday month:

Monday, July 01, 2013

My 1st 5th Sunday at Carol Steven's

The table I did not sit at to fold; didn't even meet everyone...

Carol Stevens has long hosted a 5th Sunday of the month folding fest in her home.  I finally made it to one of these.