A Folded Wish

Hat tip:  Caveman Boon

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NO origami is safe from Buttercup's heat vision.

Saturday Morning Cartoon: Paper Airplane Fight

The entire episode can be viewed here for $1.99.

Set it Free

Hat tip:  Jo Nakashima

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El Genio Origamistico!! (Anime Crack 404)
El Genio Origamistico!! (Anime Crack 404)
Posted by Amantes Del Anime Y Vocaloid on Thursday, January 21, 2016

Hat tip:  Patricia Ruiz

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Hat tip:  Rosemary Browne

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Clifton Truman Daniel, the grandson of President Harry S. Truman who gave the order for the dropping of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", referencing the story of Sadako:

Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of Reconciliation

As the generation that survived the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki begins to pass, the grandson of President Truman works to end the threat of nuclear weapons.

In June of 2012, I was driving home from taking my son, Gates, to high school when, contrary to common sense and Chicago ordinance, I decided to check the messages on my cellphone. There was only one. Someone with a lovely soprano voice was singing me “Happy Birthday.”
It turned out to be Shigeko Sasamori, who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, an attack ordered by my grandfather, Harry S. Truman.

I had met Shigeko only a couple of weeks earlier, in New York. She was there working with Hibakusha Stories, a United Nations-affiliated NGO that, as of this date, has brought atomic bomb survivors to share their experiences with more than 25,000 New York Metro-area high school students.

Needless to say, I never expected to know a survivor of Hiroshima, let alone have her sing me “Happy Birthday.” My grandfather never spoke to me about the atomic bombings. I learned about them like everyone else, from history books. Aside from casualty figures, the books told me very little about what happened to the people.

In 1999, when my older son, Wesley, was in fifth grade, he brought home a copy of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. The book is based on the life of Sadako Sasaki, a little girl in Hiroshima sickened by radiation. She followed a Japanese tradition that says if you fold 1,000 origami paper cranes, you are granted a wish. Sadako’s wish was to live. Sadly, though she folded more than 1,000 cranes, she died of leukemia on October 25, 1955. There’s a memorial to her and all children killed or wounded by the bomb in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park.

Thorigami

Origami Designs Store in The Simpsons

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According to The Simpsons Wiki:

Origami Designs is a store that sells origami designs at the Springfield Mall. 

Two appearances:

Episode – "The Day the Violence Died"  

Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"

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Spy vs. Spy:

Joseph Wu contributing to Sakai benefit auction

Stan Sakai is the creator of the masterful masterless samurai epic, Usagi Yojimbo. 

Joseph Wu has donated his Usagi Yojimbo model to CAPS (Comic Art Professional Society) for auctioning on Ebay.  This is on behalf of Stan's wife who has been ill, to raise money against mounting medical bills.  

There are 9 days left to place your bid.  

 This is an auction conceived and organized by CAPS (Comic Art Professional Society) to help aid USAGI YOJIMBO creator Stan Sakai and his wonderful wife Sharon with increasing medical bills due to Sharon's present debilitating illness. We have items by many of the industry's top artists, companies, and fans alike. With over 400 pieces to be auctioned here, we will be listing 30-40 pieces of original art, signed prints and books, and limited edition statues every week. Each auction will run 10 days, and will start on every Thursday for a minimum of 10 weeks. Be sure to bookmark this page, and let's raise some money for a great guy and his family!

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For a higher quality video, go here.

Origami Zoetrope?

I can just picture that bird being replaced with an illustration of a flapping crane; or the Japanese woodblock carving of the magician throwing a paper into the air and having it come to life.

Zoetrope.org website:

Zoetrope is an an animated vintage toy that was originally developed in 1830s. The Zoetrope has recently been a major feature in the film, “The Woman In Black” starring Daniel Radcliffe.

This is a modern replica of a traditional Zoetrope. A zoetrope is a device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapid succession of static pictures.

The zoetrope consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. On the inner surface of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the cylinder spins, the user looks through the slits at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from simply blurring together, and the user sees a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.

Just insert an animation strip, spin the drum and look through the slots. The pictures instantly spring to life! Eagles flap, Orcas dive, frogs jump and more! Change the 18 included picture strips at will. Then, try sketching on the six included Draw-Your-Own strips. Anyone can be an animator! Our Zoetrope’s compact elegance and smooth performance remains unmatched in the world of animation toys. Originally designed by Fred DaMert and Bill Hanlon in 1992 and sold by the DaMert Company, this timeless favorite has been off the market for years. Now, with Fred’s blessing, we’ve proudly brought it back. Not only did we use the original tooling to make this durable plastic toy, we’ve faithfully reproduced and included the original twelve picture strips designed by celebrated animator Ruth Hayes. And that’s not all. We’ve added six NEW picture strips and six “Draw-Your-Own strips!” The included instruction booklet provides a history of this classic invention, explains how it works, and tells you how to bring your own drawings to life.

It doesn't appear to be on the market any longer.  If you're a decent illustrator and like craft projects, perhaps you could make your own?  Maybe I'll do one, myself.


Ok....I just ran "zoetrope origami" through the YouTube search engine, not expecting to find anything, but- wow!  This is more impressive-looking than the one I had pictured in my mind:

 Here's another method for making one.  Upon further surfing through the web, it appears that Merry Claude actually folded a zoetrope!

Interesting idea; but I can't really make out the images all that well from this video clip.



More from Wikipedia:

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 In wake of Joseph Wu's hare-iffic paper rendition,

I've previously blogged on the Dark Horse animated version, a couple of times.




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BINMAN from Mylenn on Vimeo: 

At the end of autumn, a binman is gathering dead leaves to give life to the next season.

Hat tip:  Jeff Ligon, Origami-L

Happy Valentine's Day!

I blogged this one before; but, since it's V-Day....

And for a more adult parody of this.