Happy Chinese New Year!

I folded this for my mom on Christmas Day (2018).

Created by Ronald Koh
Folded from 10” square of elephant hide
Diagrams: AEP Convention 2011

Happy 70th to Ron Koh!

12-26-2017

12-26-2017 Classic Scolding

It's March 9th in Singapore!  Caveman Boon made an epic 30 min video comprised of fans and friends of Ron all across the globe.  He hasn't made the video embeddable, so here's the link.

1-7-2018

1-7-2018 Special folding session at Andrew Ting's house

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! (Chinese new year, February 16th, will be 🐕Year of the Dog🐶).

Here’s hoping 2018 won’t be a pooper!

The Pooper
Created by Ronald Koh
Folded by Michael Sanders
20” x 20” Japanese foil paper bonded to cloth-like unryu (for the 💩 texture 😬).

The unryu made the paper a bit too thick (you can tell from the tail) and I ended up ripping the spine of the neck 😕). Not the best shaping job. Oh well. Upward and onward! 🙂

Folding a Thousand Butteflies for Good Health?

I also folded and handed out so many origami butterflies that they soon came to symbolise my desire to be free from the restrictive effects of the stroke. 

-Ron Koh

I was in the Changi General Hospital high-dependency ward. It was to be my home for the next 40 days. The left half of my body, which was my dominant side, had been paralysed by an acute stroke.

For the better part of the second day, I stared at the packets of origami paper presented to me by some friends and family members. I was bored, but not in any mood or shape for folding. I was tormented by negative thoughts as I tried coming to terms with the loss of the use of my dominant limbs. I was looking at the loss of my independence and not being able to continue with most of the activities in life that matter to me, including origami, which had been a passion and part of me for the better part of 45 years.

Read the rest.  Very inspiring and moving.

At Marti's on Sunday, people asked around about Yami and Joe.  They are seen less frequently these days.

Yami is 77.  Joe is well into his 80s.  I worry about their health.

Joe can't speak for long without coughing; and yesterday he says Yami is beginning to develop some of the same cough as he has.

One thing I do know:  Origami has been a blessing in their lives and continues to keep their minds sharp.