Francis Ow's Love Birds

Like many in our origami community, I was charmed and in love with Francis Ow's heart-themed origami creations, along with the clever names for his models.  And like many in our community, I felt the pain of loss that his death brought to those such as myself who admired his work and personality, but never had the pleasure of opportunity in meeting him.  Greater is the pain felt by those who knew him, personally.  He will be missed by family, friend, and fan. 


Sara Adams:

"When the sad news of Francis Ow's passing reached me, I wanted to take some time to remember him and his loving, generous nature. I decided to fold something in his memory and chose a model from the free e-book he made available earlier this year. Indeed, it was the first model I folded after giving birth to Finn. Life and death were so close here, and I do hope Finn will have a full life and spread as much love as Francis did.
As a special tribute, I decided to make a tutorial on his "Love Birds", which I hope will continue to spread Francis' love through origami."

Video tutorial here.

If you love someone, set her free.....

....if she flies back to you.....

Love is in the Air

Diagrams on Francis Ow's page hosted by Nick Robinson; or on his Flickr

I realize the coach in the video has a weak release; but If anyone has any advice for me on model shaping itself- the steepness of the dihedral angle of the wings or whether the rear elevators should be gently curled, etc., let me know.  

Maybe I was just tossing around a bad, defective love note.

Heart Box

In an earlier post, I made mention of a model similar to the pull-out shadow box, but with the top handles heart-shaped (traditional version).  I folded a bunch of them one year.

After viewing Jeremy Shafer's new one-piece magic rose cube, I saw a Leyla Torres video tutorial in the sidebar that is of the model I was referring to.  Just in time for another Valentine's Day just around the bend:



Looks like there are tons of video tutorials out there on this model (with Leyla probably the only one who sought permission from Mr. Ow).  Sadly, none seem to be giving credit where credit is due.