The Making of Mens et Manus, by Brian Chan July 30th, 2007
Prolific origami genius Brian Chan created this how-to video for one of his creations, Mens et Manus. It’s so very, very funny.
You can view (and download) the movie in larger formats here:
http://chosetec.techtv.mit.edu/file/93/
(Thanks to Brian Webb for the link!)
Posted in art, o-list postings, origami | Comments (9)
July 30th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
as always, a pleasure to see his work. now you have made it a pleasure to watch him work! wonderful!!!
July 30th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
that was awesome eric. thanks for the post!
August 6th, 2007 at 11:19 am
wow only three steps….. from hell. Brian Chan is great
August 11th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Easy! …maybe not…
August 14th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Brian
A fantastic job. It is hard to believe that the final structure started with a 3 foot square piece of paper.
Are you still making Samurai Swords?
Best of everything.
Bob
August 21st, 2007 at 1:19 am
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August 27th, 2007 at 9:27 am
Absolutely amazing! I loved it. It’s great to know such origami is even possible.
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:39 am
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December 18th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
My son is 11 years old in 6th grade and his class is working on making 1,000 paper cranes in a week… he loves doing it. we happened upon your video while searching for other origami patterns…. he and I were both mesmerized watching you make the MIT logo!! Thank you for posting it