Recent Photos / Tags
See the most recent photos posted, regardless of which photo set they belong to.
Italy 2008
My friend Jeff Rutzky and I visited Italy for the 2008 CDO origami convention in Verbania, and then spent another week visiting friends around Italy. Hard to go wrong in such a beautiful country!
Latest Origami
this is where I rotate photos of my latest few origami works. most likely they are also "works in progress" but some are complete as well.
my fav origami
my favorite origami items.
Original origami creations by Eric Gjerde, unless otherwise noted.
Work In Progress
Shots of things that are in progress (vs models that are done? do I ever even do that? well anyway...)
Star Tessellations
various models of star tessellations I've folded. these are all of my own creation, which explains why some come out well and some... not so well.
Voronoi tessellations
My explorations with Voronoi Tessellations- random tessellation folding with some interesting results.
These are a learning process currently, so nothing in here is pretty or shiny. (Yet.)
Perfect Pleats with non-regular polygon pleat intersections
What happens when we try to make X shaped pleat crossings? it doesn't go how we really want. Here's some suggestions on how to fix that.
iso-area square twist instructions
step by step instructions for folding an iso-area square twist tessellation.
Star by Shuzo Fujimoto
Reverse Engineering a logarithmic star crease pattern by Shuzo Fujimoto, published in his 1976 book "Twist Origami".
Crease Patterns
exported crease patterns and other items relating to crease patterns and diagrams I have released.
Fujimoto Precrease Method
my best guess at Fujimoto's precrease method, as (shown? hinted at?) in one of his books.
Since I don't know what his actual process truly was(is?) this is my best guess at what was hinted at.
Understand that this is his precreasing method, or something similar, and that I'm sharing this with you so hopefully it will help you to get into folding some of the wonderful designs by him and others.
I hope it is helpful!
You can also watch a video of this, located here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEkzfYoogNE
PCOC 2007, Vancouver BC
the Pacific Coast Origami Convention, Vancouver BC, Canada. November 8-11, 2007.
www.pcoc2007.com
CDO Convegno, Verbania, Italia December 2006
December 2006 CDO origami convention in Verbania, Italy, on Lago Maggiore sitting in the gateway to the Alps!
Brazil Trip, July-August 2006
our month-long trip to Brazil, for the origami tessellation Expo in Brasília.
Joel Cooper @ Lawrence Art in the Park
We drove down to Lawrence, KS to visit Joel, and to see his artwork on display!
Minneapolis Public Library Opening, May 20th 2006
The opening of the new Minneapolis Public Library, on May 20th, 2006.
Kunst-Formen der Natur, by Ernst Haeckel
Kunst-Formen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), by Ernst Haeckel, 1898. This is a wonderful book, in the public domain, which features all sorts of illustrations of the natural world. If you're doing some research for organic shapes, this book is a nice place to start.
I've uploaded a 260MB PDF version of this 400 page document to my website, please feel free to download!
Update: I found the original source of this PDF, located here - much thanks to Kurt Stüber for scanning this fantastic public domain book!
Owen Jones: The Grammar of Ornament
Tessellation related Photo plates from Owen Jones' 1853 classic book, "The Grammar of Ornament".
Sourced from the University of Wisconsin's digital archive of decorative arts: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.GramOrnJones
Alexander Speltz: Styles of Ornament
Tessellation related photo plates from Alexander Speltz's 1906 book, "Styles of Ornament". In the public domain, it can be read in full here.
San Francisco
We went out to San Francisco in February 2004 for the Chinese New Year celebration. I always love going back to SF!
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota- the town where I live, work, and contribute valuable tax dollars.
Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota. Where I was born and spent the early part of my childhood. It's like a mini-San Francisco- very nice, and just a little colder :)
North Shore camping trip
We went on a camping trip on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota.
It's the largest freshwater lake in the world, and is very much like an ocean. we stayed at Cascade River State Park, and were right on the river/waterfalls/lake superior. neat-o.
