Monthly Archives: January 2006

• Origami Matemático
  Jorge C. Lucero’s origami page. Wonderful mathematical origami models of all sorts. from Origami Brasil.
  (tags: origami jorgelucero origamibrasil mathematics)
• Ulitka’s origami bookmarks
  origami related bookmarks from Ulitka (o-lister and flickr friend)
  (tags: origami bookmarks ulitka)

I found this interesting design on Galen Pickett’s website, in one of the rather hidden(1) galleries(2) he has full of origami goodies.

It’s a model called “Flammifer” by Peter Budai, who I had never heard of until seeing this model. Here’s a great little writeup by David Lister from a few years back about him.

What I thought was the most interesting thing about this design is that I’ve folded something very similar to this, but with hexagonal instead of triangular square symmetry; but in all other respects it matches the doubling dual-sided pattern exactly.

I had thought about trying to fold this, since I know it’s possible, but I’m very pleased to see that it has been done and solved long ago!

Thank you, Galen, for posting all your wonderful photos online, and sharing some of your origami world with the rest of us.

And thanks also to Peter Budai for the wonderful design. I think this is a natural outgrowth from a very interesting line of origami exploration by Peter- he calls them “Infinite Folds“. this one is just 4 of these “infinite folds” put together. Many of these could no doubt be combined in the same way, and folded to a (theoretical) infinite level of recursion. Fantastic.

edit: fixed the typo. meant to say square instead of triangular. oops.

• Japanese Paper
  A wonderful page detailing all the various types of japanese papers, their manufacture, and their purpose.
  (tags: japanese paper papermaking washi kami chiyogami kozo mulberry gampi art)
• //// COLOURlovers :: Sunken Treasure – #887337 ::#d4b255 ::#3b4e54 ::#a8b6ba ::#5a7896 ::
• squidfingers / patterns
  (tags: free graphics download images wallpaper)
• Steel dolphin Creative – Color Scheme tool
  (tags: color website visual HTML graphics)

Previous Quarrel, Next Quarrel

Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi.

Babelfish just doesn’t translate web pages all that well…

I read the Origami Brasil mailing list, and get the nice digest message sent to me. However, if I can’t pick out what they are talking about, I try to read it through Babelfish. I think it hinders a lot more than it helps!

Variação da Pinwheel, backlit

Originally uploaded by Melisande*.
another wonderful tessellation from Melisande.

it’s completely fascinating how we all pull ideas from each other, and use bits and pieces to create a completely new piece of art. I love seeing people remix other works to come up with something new and wholly wonderful on it’s own.

in this case, the pinwheel meme just keeps going!

From Melisande:

From Jane (mawelucky):

From me:

earlier piece:

• DOFI-BLOG どふぃぶろぐ- すなめ世界(WORLD OF SAND) 公開-
  Fun java game featuring sand, slugs, and gravity. very silly, rather fun.
  (tags: flash japanese java game fun)
• Paper Floor Lamp: “Morning Glory Floor Lamp” by Diana Harrison
  very interesting lamp made of cast unryu paper. folding idea?
  (tags: unryu paper art lamp)

mask 4b

Originally uploaded by origami joel.

I’m pleased as punch to see Joel Cooper joining the ranks of origami folders on Flickr.

So take a look at his current photos, subscribe to an RSS feed so you see anything new posted, or join Flickr yourself and add him as a contact, so you see any of his photos show up in your daily feed or “home page” on flickr.

Also, don’t hesitate to check out the great origami community we have going on over here, at both the Origami Tessellations group and the Folding Freaks Origami group!

Joel’s user page, as linked above, is here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/origamijoel/

if you are a member of Flickr, you can send him a message through their messaging facility. Useful in case you’re looking to get a hold of him, too.

He’s got some amazingly impressive tessellation work that I’m excited to see. very good stuff!

• Spundreams Picture Gallery :: Andy’s Pictures
  newer location for Andy WIlson’s origami photos. Extremely impressive origami tessellation work here, especially with glassine paper.
  (tags: origami tessellations paperfolding papiroflexia andywilson photos)

• deviantART: guspath’s Gallery
  nice page with photos from Go Guspath, primarily of original origami creations. some nice work here!
  (tags: origami photos gallery guspath)
• 斜め45度折りによる建築物
  interesting paperfolding craft/origami idea- simple way to fold a 3d block shape into a flat plane. check out the pyramid of blocks, near the bottom.
  (tags: origami paperfolding papercraft pepakura japanese)
• Mrtn Directory – japanese origami/craft blog
  Japanese blog featuring origami, papercrafts, and other crafty goodies. some really neat ideas here.
  (tags: origami papercraft paperfolding pepakura japanese blog)
• 過去の表紙
  japanese blog w/ many geometry focused ideas- origami, paperfolding, knots, artwork, etc.
  (tags: origami geometry chemistry mathematics math paperfolding papercraft knots sculpture japanese)

Hideo Komatsu has updated his website – with greatly improved navigation, photo links, and descriptions.

I am a huge fan of his work, and a regular reader of his blog; it’s great to see the two linked together more closely now, as well.

Thank you, Komatsu-san, for all your hard work, and your willingness to share your wonderful designs with the rest of us. It is deeply appreciated.

his latest design, which I hadn’t seen before today: a Sheep

Babelfish translated link here, for the english version. Babelfish does a horrendous job of translating Japanese, so I’d almost just recommend to not bother, but it’s your decision to make.