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The Making of Mens et Manus, by Brian Chan

Prolific origami genius Brian Chan created this how-to video for one of his creations, Mens et Manus. It’s so very, very funny.

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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!)

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11 Responses to “The Making of Mens et Manus, by Brian Chan”

1. Bekah Says:
   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!!!

2. brdparker Says:
   July 30th, 2007 at 7:54 pm

   that was awesome eric. thanks for the post!

3. no haha Says:
   August 6th, 2007 at 11:19 am

   wow only three steps….. from hell. Brian Chan is great

4. LorenzoMarchi Says:
   August 11th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

   Easy! …maybe not… :D

5. Bob Ogilvie Says:
   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

6. links for 2007-08-21 « Hic Sunt Dracones Says:
   August 21st, 2007 at 1:19 am

   [...] Origami Tessellations » The Making of Mens et Manus, by Brian Chan How to fold the MIT logo in origami in 3 easy steps, and one of the winning entries for the 2006-2007 MIT Origami contest. Written and Directed by Brian Chan, Cinematography by Theresa Guo, Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major performed by Anna Lo. (tags: origamitessellations origami tessellation MIT video flickr papercraft) [...]

7. origamipatterns Says:
   August 27th, 2007 at 9:27 am

   Absolutely amazing! I loved it. It’s great to know such origami is even possible.

8. Johnny K – Amazing Origami Says:
   October 22nd, 2007 at 7:39 am

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9. DK Says:
   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 :-)

10. ankara nakliyat Says:
    October 9th, 2008 at 3:34 am

    Thank you very much for this information. I like this site

11. cossacks Says:
    May 16th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    Origami Tessellations » Blog Archive » The Making of Mens et Manus, by Brian Chan great article thank you.

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