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8,000 Chopstick Sleeve tips

Japanese Waiter Exhibits 8,000 Chopstick Sleeves Left as Restaurant “Tips”:

In a culture without tipping, one Japanese waiter began to realize that customers were expressing their gratitude in a subtle (and in some cases even unintentional) way, by folding the sleeves in which their chopsticks came wrapped.

In 2012, Yuki Tatsumi began to collect these into a set he would come to display and call Japanese Tip. He started at the establishment in which he worked, then branched out to other restaurants around Japan to gather over 10,000 examples of all kinds.
Finally, half a decade later, he staged an exhibition of his collection in Tokyo. The variety is remarkable, from complex origami-style works to shredded and otherwise deformed sleeves.

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Hat tip:  Helen Sperber

Photo of the Week: Daschund!

What an elegant shape:

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"Be ashamed to die....."

Instant origami spray

Cool!  Just spray some tissue and "voila"!


Not really, of course.

Hat tip:  Peter Mielke on Origami-L

Previously posted:

Origamagic Crane

Origamagic Crane Arrived!

Magic Crane Review

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! 🙂

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Yami Passed Away Christmas Evening

July 29, 1936- December 25, 2017

3-27-2013

Descanso Garden

Original photo taken by Yami's friend Kazuyoshi ITO

April 6, 2008
Cherry Blossom Festival, Little Tokyo 

From Chikako:

Dear Yami's friends,

This is Yami's daughter Chikako writing from Yami's account.

Yoichi "Yami" Yamauchi passed away yesterday. His health had been declining for some time. His body expired and he passed away peacefully yesterday evening. Per Yami's wishes, his body is being cremated and his ashes will be scattered at some point in the future. There will not be a public funeral or service. Condolences can be posted on Facebook. Even though Yami was a public figure, please respect his family's privacy.

Kind regards,
Chikako Yamauchi

may 26, 2007 
Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA

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Francesco Guarnieri's Pine Tree

Sharing diagrams of his beautiful tree.

Hat tip:  Morigami

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Hat tip:  Mark Saliers via Origami Email List

Ranger Roll!

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NOA #508

Artificial Muscle

LATimes

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have developed a variety of origami-inspired artificial muscles that can lift up to a thousand times their own weight — and yet be dexterous enough to grip and raise a delicate flower. 

The devices, described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer a new way to give soft robots super-strength, which could be used everywhere from inside our bodies to outer space.

Hat tip:  Joseph Wu Inc.

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