Happy Halloween

Offered them toothbrushes for their Halloween treat; but they didn't go for that. So gave them Talo Kawasaki's patty bat instead

Origami Sighting and sprout

$2000:

Hat tip: Colin Rowe

The Bat Hat

April 2005

This model was published in one of the OUSA Convention books:

With the visor lowered down, I'm blind as a bat!

6-22-2007

Origami in Space

Via Dr. Robert Lang to the O-List:

In the 21^st century, origami has caught the attention of engineers who are using it to create all sorts of new structures--from collapsible packaging to airbags for cars. Origami has even found its way into space!
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), mechanical engineer Larry Howell and a team of researchers from Brigham Young University collaborated with NASA to design a solar array that can be tightly compacted for launch and then deployed in space to generate power for space stations or satellites.

The collaboration began when Howell received an NSF grant to explore combining origami with his focus on compliant mechanisms, which are typically single-piece structures that are jointless and flexible.

Read the article at the National Science Foundation.

Yellow Origami Umbrella Movement

In wake of the Sa, and political climate in Hong Kong, comes a couple of true origami kasa models.  Hat tip to Sy Chen for the first video find:

Traditional:

At the Genius Bar (That's what my station was called)

More from the Van Nuys Japanese Garden:

Cat by Gilad Aharoni

Sheep Dog by Seth Friedman

Echo

Origami-inspired furniture:

Designed by Tom Faulkner:

Echo was inspired by Origami, the Ancient eastern art of paper folding.

This strong, urban design skilfully echoes the complex folds with seemingly effortless simplicity, yet the mathematics is carefully worked out in order to give the table the necessary strength. Echo is a modern and an original piece of origami recreated in plate steel.

Hat tip:  Origami Blog

Sunday Funnies- The Real Lives of Origami Figures

Source

While scavenging for Sunday Funnies cartoons, I discovered the work of Aaron Caycedo-Kimura.  I wasn't the only one, as Discover Nikkei has been republishing his collection of origami-related cartoons.

A brief bio on Discover Nikkei:

My mother taught me how to fold when I was a kid, and I've been folding ever since. Origami figures are fun to make and marvel at, but what are they REALLY like?

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 Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a visual artist and writer. A sansei born in Santa Rosa, CA, he now lives on the East Coast, where he earned a Master of Music at The Juilliard School in New York City. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his paintings, and his poetry has been published in print and online. He works as a graphic designer and lives with his wife Luisa, a poet, in Connecticut.

Shafer's Bat Pop-Up Card

From Origami Pop-Ups to Amaze and Amuse:

The Origami-inspired Kasa

Sure, the air umbrella is cool and all....but how would it function in windy conditions?  And when the battery runs out after 15-30 minutes?

Enter a kickstarter campaign for a new invention, inspired by the origami umbrella:

NPR:

Sunday Funnies

3-D Ghost Racer!

Samurai Hat

Robert Neale's $ Butterfly and Instant Origami

Here are a couple of clips from yesterday's Origami Festival.  I have much more, but not the time and energy right now to sift through and edit them down:

Van Nuys Japanese Gardens Origami Festival

I'll post some video clips, later.

Photos here.

Sunday Funnies

Source

Hat tip:  Scott Cramer, via O-List

Scott also makes mention that hovering your cursor over the cartoon reveals the following caption:

Hat with Ears by Gerardo Gacharná

Tadashi Mori:

Hat with Ears, by Gerardo Gacharná.
Made with two square sheets of paper.
Recommended size: 60cm (24in)

You can find step-photos for this model by Gerardo on his site.

The Miniature World of Anja Markiewicz

Published in The Fold:

Imagine your whole exhibition, more than 30 models, stored in a matchbox. Anja always presents her models with a magnifying glass, otherwise you won't be able to see much of its beauty and elegance. As a master in miniature origami, she decided to go this extra mile and become a professional origami artist.
As always, nine questions are answered, and this time we have a bonus – I tried my hands in miniature-folding, under the smiling supervising eyes of Anja, and it was a very interesting experience...

Read the rest of Ilan Garibi's interview