Steampunked

I had no idea.....




The man is definitely creative and not limited to one genre/medium of artistic expression.

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.

Sunday Funnies

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Hat tip:  Mark Saliers, via Origami-L

Belated Thursday Funnies

Somehow I missed publishing this one:  National Paper Airplane Day- a month late:

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Nakashima flower pot

Joe Hamamoto Visits Yami Yamauchi

Yami was napping when we arrived last Monday after 12pm.  We only stayed for a short time. 

Sunday Funnies

Letters to Dad

Description:

A little boy is missing his father, a soldier overseas. Being a kid, he tries to send his dad letters by throwing them over the fence as a fleet of paper airplanes. A kind next-door neighbor finds these paper airplanes and packages them up in a box to send to the father. When the neighbor receives a delivery of replies from overseas, he sends the paper airplanes back over the fence for the son to read. The Paper and Packaging Board helps make even the distance of oceans seem to disappear.

A delightfully simple ad for the most simple of products, the Paper and Packaging Board's, 'Letters to Dad' is a beautiful reminder of the power of paper.

Photo of the Day: Wyoming Medical Center

From 2013:

Wyoming Medical Center employees walk beneath the 1,001 origami cranes hanging in our South Link Lobby. A Japanese legend says anyone folding 1,000 cranes will be granted a wish. Folding the last one brings good luck.

Patients and families at Wyoming Medical Center have a new view as they walk into the South Link Lobby from the parking garage – 1,001 origami cranes. In line with WMC’s vision, mission and values, we hope the cranes bring visitors positive wishes such as recovery from illness and a long life of happiness.

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 As you walk through the hospital’s South Link Lobby, look up and enjoy the beautiful view the cranes bring. The Wyoming Medical Center Foundation would like to thank the Nicolaysen Art Museum for lending us this display.

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Hat tip:  Mark Kennedy

The Greatest

My apologies to whoever photoshopped this.  I remember it was posted in an album of famous people and origami.  I would love to give credit to whoever credit is owed to, if someone can help point out the way.

President Obama's cranes

President Obama's 4 cranes are now on display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum:

HIROSHIMA – The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on Thursday put on display four paper cranes offered by U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the atomic-bombed city in May.
According to the museum, each of the Obama-handmade cranes is about 7 cm high and about 10 cm wide, and made of pink and blue paper with Japanese-style floral prints.
Obama visited the museum before attending an official service in the Peace Memorial Park on May 27. He gave one crane each to two local schoolchildren who welcomed him at the museum.
He also left another two when he signed the museum’s guest book with a message: “We have known the agony of war. Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.”
Visitors have been taking photos of the paper cranes and message, which are on public display inside a glass case until Aug. 31.

Hat tip to Mark Kennedy, who also notes the number "4" is regarded as unlucky in Japanese superstition, due to the pronunciation of "4" also is the word for "death".

Someone advising President Obama missed the boat on that one.

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Mark Bolitho T-Rex

NOA June issue #490

Another Robert Neale trick

Here's another variation of the same trick:

Paper tricks

Shumakov hot air balloons featured in sci-fi movie short

The director had contacted me through the WCOG fB page.  She was looking for someone to fold hot air balloons and I put her in touch with the Shumakovs.  Check out Windows:

Windows is a near-future science fiction short that deals with the currently emerging technologies of computer-human interface and artificial intelligence. This project is a compelling exploration of the personal impact these technologies may have on our lives.
Windows tells the story of Luz, a woman who lives in a future where humans can choose to give up their individuality to merge into a single entity.
Maru Buendia-Senties is an award-winning writer/director with extensive experience in Visual Effects from working with Robert Rodriguez on films like Predators and Machete, and collaborating with ReelFX on the film Parkland. Windows is her most ambitious project yet and she has assembled a team of seasoned professionals with credits including: Game of Thrones, Boyhood, and The Hobbit, to make Windows a truly spectacular film.
Now we need YOUR HELP to cross the finish line!

One of the perks for contributing $250 would be

One beautiful 9" tall, hand-crafted origami hot air balloon made by the fine folks at Oriland. These works of art were used as props on the "Windows" set and are featured in the film (http://bit.ly/oriballoons).

President Obama's Origami Skills

Two of the cranes presented by U.S. President Barack Obama at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward (Yuta Takahashi)

The other day, I posted on President Obama's Hiroshima visit.  There's been some speculation as to whether or not he folded his four cranes himself.  So this is a follow-up post:

HIROSHIMA--On his historic visit to ground zero, U.S. President Barack Obama surprised and touched officials at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on May 27 with origami paper cranes he apparently made himself.

The museum is preparing to display Obama's four origami cranes, hoping to embolden efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

The president said he folded them with help from others as his envoy showed off the origami cranes, made of traditional Japanese paper graced with flower motifs, including apricots or cherries, placed on a tray.

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As the acrylic casing that houses some of Sadako’s cranes was removed for the president, Obama studied them up close and said he brought his own.

He gave two of his four cranes to two students who were allowed inside the museum to welcome him, the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima.

Obama left the other two on the guest book he signed with the message: “We have known the agony of war. Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.”

The president later moved to a location in the park where he could view the A-Bomb Dome after laying a wreath of flowers to the monument for the victims and delivering a message. Kishida also referred to the monument modeled on Sadako.

All of Obama’s four cranes were subsequently donated to the museum.

“The president may have prepared the cranes after learning of Sadako’s story in the United States," said Kenji Shiga, the museum director. "We are going to exhibit his cranes as soon as we are ready.”

The Yomiuri Shimbun

Two of the four origami cranes made by President Obama

De-Dimensional Furniture

Korean designer Jongha Choi has come with one of the best space-saving solutions ever, creating a furniture collection that easily flattens, turning a usual chair into 2D piece of art. Chairs and stools are made of aluminum and steel and perfectly practical despite their lightweight look.

Hat tip:  Catherine Ortiz