POP Meeting: Birds and things that fly

There was a good sized turnout today, with quite a number of first-timers.

October POP meeting

Jared in charge!

I arrived an hour into this month's POP meetup.  Joel Stern was out so Jared Needle was charged with running the meeting.   He was just finishing up with teaching Hideo Komatsu's jack-o-lantern.

Larry taught a bat that I believe (from Larry's description) is from a Tadashi Mori bat video.  Ours don't quite look like the bat in the video, as Larry had to jog his memory and reverse engineer his sample, in teaching.  But I browsed the video and am pretty sure this is the one.

Luca taught a pyramid.  (David Donahue's model?).

And Brad taught an Arnold Tubis triangle box from a hexagon- 1 of 15 models that will appear in Arnold's next book.

Also a bit of promotion for Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles' monozukuri festival showcasing their most recent exhibit, The Roots of Monozukuri: Creative Spirit in Japanese Automaking.

Jared, Joel, and Brad are participating by representing origami with large scale models. It should run for a few days beginning the first weekend in November.

September POP

I made it to maybe my 2nd POP meeting this year. 

The theme was action models. 

Jared Needle is Superhuman tomorrow night

Via OUSA:

Pacific Ocean Paperfolders (POP) member (and origami artist extraordinaire) Jared Needle will be a contestant on a nationally televised competition show called "Superhuman<http://www.fox.com/superhuman>." There are five contestants on every show, each contestant possessing a unique, amazing skill. The contestants are given a challenge, and if they pass, they qualify for a $50,000 award, which is granted to the contestant deemed the favorite of the judges and studio audience.
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Jared will be presented with several from among 100 crease patterns, and will need to identify the models they will fold into. The episode airs on July 31 at 9:00 PM on Fox. Don't miss it!.Jared will be presented with several from among 100 crease patterns, and will need to identify the models they will fold into. The episode airs on July 31 at 9:00 PM on Fox. Don't miss it!

Tomoko Fuse Hexagonal Box

Taught the Tomoko Fuse-style hexagonal $ box last weekend:

I'm hoping to redo the archaic and primitive video tutorial I made almost 10 years ago on the model.


Posted by paperhawaii (Hat tip:  Hisako TANJI):


The dollar version developed by Helen Sperber and Jim Cowling can be found here. 

I've seen quite a number of dollar bill variations of Fuse-type boxes in recent years.

POP last Sunday

Taught the Tomoko Fuse-style hexagonal $ box last weekend:

POP Play

Today I taught Heinz Strobel's Surprise/Flipp Flopp model:




I brought with me a stack of leftover strips from cutting 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" squares out of astrobright letter-size paper.  I've been folding Strobel's model from 1 x 4 paper; but with the strips, I essentially did the 1 x 3 unit method (tucking away the excess paper).

IMO, this model is very accessible to beginners.

Bradley gave a rundown of Paul Jackson's workshop last weekend at the Japanese-American National Museum.



I had to leave early to catch the movie "Kubo" with my gymnasts.  We had postponed seeing it from last weekend.

July POP

Yes, I'm behind in my blogging activity:




Photos here.

Feeling froggy

Brought out a few frog models to show at last month's POP:

Classic munching frog by Teruo TSUJI:

July POP

Greyhound by Jared Needle

 Roxbury Park was crowded and I could not find parking for a couple of blocks, circling; so I went to grab something to eat and then drove home.  There apparently was a dog show going on.

After listening to Joel's voicemail, I decided to go back and try again, arriving about 30 minutes before the end of the meeting (a number of people had already left when I arrived).  When I was there, Joel taught a Tomoko Fuse 3-piece model he learned at OUSA.  Very simple design.

Jared had a couple of designs I hadn't seen before.

Joel handed me a copy of his newly published "Origami Zoo", which I'll be reviewing within the next week.

A few pictures here.

POP last Sunday

I had to work and arrived for the last hour.  It looked to be a good turnout.  I also learned that Jared Needle's been back in the area since last August.  I did not know this.

Photos.

POP Last Sunday

Fearless leader Joel Stern was out of town.  So Brian was our illustrious host.

One of my gymnasts came, as her brother is into origami:

His mom picked up a dollar origami book by LaFosse and Alexander while she and her oldest daughter were in NYC (they stopped by to see me at OUSA).


Photos here.

Bennett Arnstein's Yin-Yang 20-Piece Spike Ball

I'm blogging this on behalf of Bennett. 

The Yin Yang Spike Ball:  Two colors wrap around each other. Each color is comprised of 10 modules. For folding instructions, check out the ebook "Spike Ball Heaven", sold as a pdf download on the OUSA website.

POP January

What's that hovering in the air?

POP not as heavily attended this month. 

I taught Angel Blanco's self-closing box.

Photos here

Last POP for 2014

Towelie by Jared Needle

Jared Needle tried to help me with the Sergey Yartsev ballerina crease pattern.  I did not get through it, but may try again.

A few more photos here.

Labrador designed by Jared Needle

Bennett Arnstein shows off a Star of David spinner

I folded Carmen Sprung's Stern Franziska for the first time; then turned it into a cool spinner.

Biggest surprise of the day was Jared Needle dropping in.  He apparently moved back here two days ago from his stint in Dayton, Ohio.

Photos of today's POP meeting here.

Bennett Arnstein Shows off a spinner

From 2008:

POP

I seem to have lost my origami somewhere....

 Lisa Tanahashi finished off our POP meeting by teaching Carlos Bocanegra's persimmon/tomato.  Fun and easy model.

Travis taught Robert Lang's koi.

I met a couple of young folders who are into the super complex.  They borrowed Travis' Kamiya works 2 and folded about 100 steps worth of the minotaur in 2 hours.


 Joel Stern encouraged us to make monkeys for the OUSA annual holiday gift.


 Stopped by Olympic and Sawtelle (Japanese district in Santa Monica) for some dinner and found these rare $1.50 packets of 50cm x 50 cm super-sized kami.

More photos here.

Shin Han-Gyo's Single Sheet Rose Box

Joel Stern was out of town, leaving Lauri and her son Zak, in charge.

Zak's theme for the meeting was on mythological creatures.

I discovered a rose box by Shin Han-Gyo that I wanted to try.  Since it was described as "single sheet", I had hoped it had a closed bottom.  It did not.  It needs a bottom portion.

Diagrams generously made available here, on Shin Han-Gyo's blog.

Hat tip:  Se-ik Kim

Photos of today's POP here (along with all from 2014).

Happy 78th Birthday Yami Sensei!

Pacific Ocean Paperfolders last Sunday recorded a birthday message for Yami, today: