Sunday, November 20, 2011
Pre-Columbian Style Origami Frog -Video

This pre-columbian origami frog was inspired by a visit to the Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) in my native Bogotá, Colombia.
The museum collection illustrates the social and cultural life of many different groups of people such as Muiscas or Chibchas, who lived in what is now known as Colombia from approximately 500 BCE until the time of the European Conquest.
Frogs were a recurrent theme of these Pre-columbian cultures and often featured on pendants, pins, necklaces and bracelets.
Frog Folding Paper
This frog can be folded from many different kinds of paper including kami, or even a page from a magazine. But to fold the frog as a pin or a pendant I needed a paper with specific characteristics:
After a bit of experimenting, I discovered that Tant and Stardream papers satisfied both requirements and come in a variety of beautiful colors. Stardream includes some gorgeous golden tones.
Each one of the golden frogs in the photographs was folded from a square red piece of Stardream (3 x 3in.). After folding, a couple of shellac glazes were applied followed by gilding with 23 carat gold leaf. For an antique look, the gilding process leaves some tiny gaps through which the red of the paper shows through.
My husband, an expert in antique furniture restoration, taught me the gilding process. I have to admit it was a bit disconcerting to see flakes of real gold drifting all about my work table, but I think the result was worth the effort and anxiety. Please note that some finished frog pins are available at my Etsy store.
In celebration of World Origami Days (Oct 24 to Nov 11), I’d like to share a video on how to fold this pre-columbian style origami frog.
Diagrams: Published in Creased Magazine, issue 4
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Virgin and child
On his blog, Vera Young shared an image of Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora Aparecida) interpretation, and the diagrams by Emilson Nunes.
The Virgin dark skin, venerated in the Catholic Church, is the patron saint of the Brazil. His feast is celebrated each year on October 12.
Painters and sculptors throughout the history of Western art have used their skills in the creation of images of the Virgin.
Image of Vera inspired me to create the version origami of the Virgin Mary shown on the photo here. Unlike our Lady of Aparecida, the Virgin is in his arms a child who is dressed in a white tunic.
Marked as: brasil, learn origamiSaturday, November 19, 2011
Brochure Folding Techniques That Rock
A brochure is effective marketing collateral that can help you make a success out of your promotional campaign. Your brochure's main purpose is to attract your clients to purchase a product from you or avail of a service.
Even with a powerful message and exciting brochure printing design, all your efforts would be put to waste if you don't have the right folding technique that would help your brochure spread out its wares in your recipients' hands. Not to mention that your overall brochure printing cost is also determined by your folding pattern.
It matters then how you apply your folding technique. To make a possible sale and eventually increase your profits, you have to know what type of brochure folding technique would be suitable for your needs and purpose.
Contrary to what a lot of people think, effective brochures are made not only from great design or the perfect paper. (For most promotional materials actually, like the club flyers, success is more than these two elements.) For the most part, effective brochures are made by how they unfold.
For your next marketing campaign using brochures as your print collaterals, here are the most effective folding methods that you can use to increase your sales.
The Four-Page Fold. This simple brochure fold is the most basic as well as the simplest technique. It is suitable for direct mail campaigns because you don't need envelopes to send them to your target clients. They're very easy to make as well.
The Six-Page Fold. Also best for direct mail brochures and can be used as well for invitations. They can be applied to letterheads and literature materials for best results.
The Six-Page Accordion Fold. This technique uses the basic literature fold just like that of the 6-page. The only difference is the format applies the accordion as a design to the folding technique. Also ideal for direct mail campaigns.
The Eight-Page Parallel Fold. This is very popular among sales people as it promotes readability of more detailed information. Generally a literature and map folding technique, it is perfect for direct sales mailers and directional invitations. It can also be mailed even without an envelope.
The Eight-Page French, Eight-Page Map, Eight-Page Gate, Eight-Page Accordion, and the Eight-Page Roll Folds. All of these techniques are ideal for literature and map folding specifications. They are also great for detailed sales and marketing information, as well as for contents that use diagrams.
The Ten-Page Accordion, Ten-Page Parallel, and Twelve-Page Roll Folds. Also suitable for sales and product brochures with a more detailed content.
The Twelve-Page Broadsheet and Signature Folds. In addition to sales brochures with maps or diagrams, the 12-page broadsheet fold is also ideal for educational and training kits.
The 16-Page Broadsheet and Signature Folds. Suitable for general maps, educational or product descriptions in your brochures.
Folding is an art. Just like the Japanese origami, you can create a lot of things out of a mere piece of paper. In the same manner, when you fold your brochures, an art is created; an art that will draw your clients to your business, and eventually increase your ROI.
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The Long Commute - Ways to Relish a Necessary Evil
For many people, living space and working requirements mean that long commutes are an inevitable aspect of any career. But perhaps we are failing to make the most of this necessary portion of our daily lives? Arising from this concern, this list attempts to acknowledge some of the most profitable and enjoyable ways to spend these potentially precious hours of free time, and hopefully to relax us both before and after work.
Become An Expert: One advantage of having regular periods of free time is that learning anything, no matter how specific, becomes easy, due to the lack of pressure and the repeated encounters with the subject. Therefore, use your commute to find out about something you always wanted to know; learn to identify birdsong from your MP3 player, take along a list of the regional dates the English monarchs, memorize the Qur'an - turn your commute into a relaxed and absorbing rehearsal for an appearance on Mastermind. Enjoy yourself.
Origami: There are hundreds of origami patterns available on the internet for beginners and those who have long had the patience for this pastime. Set yourself a challenge; a crane in a week, a lily in a fortnight. If people tell you that you've got too much time on your hands, print them out a diagram, and they can criticize you once they've made you a jumping frog.
Become an Encyclopedist: With the advent of online encyclopedias, anyone can get involved in providing data on an almost infinite range of subjects. We needn't be professors in order to contribute to this mass of learning and discussion; correction and development both play a huge part in the maintenance of such knowledge bases. Find an article which is a 'stub' (one without sufficient depth or substance) which you can edit on paper, and take part in educating the entire world from your train seat.
Take Up Knitting: So, the chaps might think this one is pushing the limits a little, but knitting has made something of a comeback in recent years, and there's no more apt time to refamiliarize yourself with it than on a long train journey. There are tons of patterns available free online: simply print your favourite, take it with you, and get cracking - you never know, you could even foist your creations off on your loved ones as unexpected presents: who ever said you weren't spontaneous?
Start a Mobile Chess Tournament: For this you need a travel chess set, a table seat, and a little initial pluck. You can fall back on a chess problem if you lose your nerve at the last minute, so use a colour inkjet printer to print one out and smuggle it on board as if you meant to use it all along. Be blatant - set up right out in the open, and when you see the reluctant gleam of interest in someone's eyes, see if they wouldn't perhaps go for a cheeky match. For those so inclined, there is not a single thing more absorbing and endlessly entertaining than a good game of chess, and you might even be thanked for your courage in setting the gambit up.
As the competitive element of our working lives becomes more and more entrenched, we could begin to see a broadening of commute times overall, in which case even more dramatic solutions would be necessary to fend off boredom: Aisle-Seat Yoga? Who knows. Still, hopefully this short list will provide a few ideas to fill the blanks of your daily round trip.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Affiliate Program - 3 Fundamental Ways to Make Money Online With Your Affiliate Program
One of the best ways to make money online is through affiliate products or services. This is one of the easiest and cheapest ways doing an online business and still can earn a good income. There are many ways to make money with the affiliate program. However, most affiliate marketer have neglected the most important fundamental and traditional methods.
Here are the 3 fundamental and traditional ways to make money online with your affiliate program.
1. Search for the high demand programs and products in your niche. You should promote a program or product you are interest to promote and you should have some knowledge about your niche too. If you choose something you are not interested in, you may give up easily when facing obstacle during promoting online.Therefore, you should find the program you are interested to promote and focus on it for the long run. Of course, the niches that you are interested in must have demand where people do not mind to pay for it and they cannot get it free elsewhere.
2. Using Google AdWords keyword Tool to find your ideal niches. The best thing for Google AdWords keyword Tool that it is free to use at any time and every where. This is one of the best keyword tool to find your niches that you are interested in. This free keyword tool gives you the information on the number of people searching for any products and services. Besides, it also shows you the number of advertising competitors and help you to decide whether if the programs are highly competitive to promote. The best way to look for your niches is by focusing on the long tail niches. For example, if your interest niche is on "Making paper origami". You may look at the long tail niche such as "Making paper origami with recycle paper" or "Making paper origami with 3D animation diagram". Thereafter, you would create a website or blog to promote your affiliate program.
3. Do not just look for a high commission paying affiliate program to promote but also look at the fundamental of the seller products or services provided in their website. Most of the affiliate market tend to promote products or services with high commission and popularity. However, this may not really able to make good commission at all time since many people are promoting it and the competitiveness promoting the products and services are very high. You may end up putting a lot of effort but not making enough money here. You should rather look at what kind of products and services provided for the buyer. Are they having the reputable products or services? What kind of services support do they provide for the buyer? The list can go on for the fundamental questions that you can think of where buyer will want to buy the products or services.
Try out these 3 fundamental ways to make money online with your affiliate program and see the results that it can make your commission in long time.
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Six Power Tactics to Tap Into YouTube
When Google first bought YouTube a few years ago, some experts were worried that it would quickly wither and die. Not because Google would kill it, but because there was so much copyright infringement on it and Google had so much money, that some people feared that it would be swamped with lawsuits.
Fortunately, it survived. And thrived. YouTube has just turned five, and it's now getting 5 billion views a day.
That makes it worth paying attention to!
For a long time, we didn't have widespread broadband access, easy tools for creating video and easy tools for watching video. But that has now changed.
If you're a business owner - and especially if you're a speaker, trainer, consultant, coach or other thought leader - you can't afford to ignore YouTube as a marketing tool for your business.
Don't think you have to create the same slick sort of video you see on a DVD. You don't need to use fancy green screen technology. And you don't even need to do "video" at all - in the traditional sense.
Here are six ways to create video for YouTube easily and cost-effectively.
1. Do a book review.
An easy way to get started with YouTube is to do a book review by video. It doesn't require much of a "presentation", it requires just one prop (the book, of course!), and it's a great way to leverage your reading into a promotional opportunity.
2. Explain a concept with a diagram.
If you're using YouTube to teach something, use a diagram to explain your concept. You don't have to do this with slick PowerPoint or Keynote slides, nor with green screen technology. You've probably seen some people do it in front of a whiteboard or a flip chart. It's the message that matters much more than the presentation tool.
3. Explain a concept with a metaphor.
The next option requires a bit more creativity, but it's very effective. Because YouTube is a visual medium, if you can create a visual metaphor for your message, it's far more effective than a talking head, or even a talking head with a good diagram.
Can you do a magic trick? Or play a musical instrument? Or do some origami? Or show an optical illusion?
If you can do any of these things and connect them to your business message, you can create an engaging YouTube video. Even better, because it's a bit quirky, it's more likely that people will recommend it to others.
4. Do a screen tutorial.
If you can demonstrate something on your computer screen, you can use screen capture software to record it. You might be doing this already for your private e-learning products, but have you thought of publishing a few of them to YouTube for promotional purposes?
5. Create a slide presentation.
Of course, you can use screen capture software to capture entire PowerPoint or Keynote presentations, along with your narration. You can do the same thing without the screen capture software (for example, Keynote can save a presentation directly as a movie file), but if you don't know how to do that, just use the screen capture software.
6. Create an animated slide show.
There is now a variety of photo publishing software, originally designed for creating animated photo albums, that you can use even for educational or marketing messages. For example, you could create a series of PowerPoint or Keynote slides with a message and string them together into a beautiful, professional-looking promotion - complete with music.
Even if you don't have the software or creative skills to build the animation, there are a number of services available - such as Animoto.com - that can do this for you.
So what can YOU do?
I hope these six ideas have sparked some ideas for you. You don't have to use them all - but choose at least one and give it a go. Remember: YouTube matters!
Gihan Perera is an Internet coach for speakers, trainers, consultants and other experts. He's the author of "Get Active: Web Sites for Speakers, Trainers, Coaches and Consultants" and "Fast, Flat and Free: What You Need to Know to Stay Ahead in a Connected World". Visit http://GihanPerera.com and get your complimentary copies now.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Maria Sinayskaya advice for the creation of Origami, Modulars
When Maria Sinayskaya left Samara, Russia, in 2008, to live in South Africa, the single origami model that she knew how to fold was the traditional flapping bird. But, since the discovery of the world of origami and its many passionate, Maria was folding and creating non-stop, becoming, in the process, a prolific paper and designer folder.
Maria shares his creations on the page of its Web site and flicker.
I recently had the opportunity to ask Maria on his practice and his passion for origami. Here are his thoughts.
Why you are passionate about origami and modulars in particular?
I have a mathematical context and it would be no exaggeration to say that I love the geometry! Find it me really amazing that you can bend complex geometrical models just from leaves of squares of paper without cuts or glue. And besides this, I think modular origami is relatively easy for a beginner at the outset. On average, there are approximately 10 folds in each unit, and folding many of them takes time, but the final result is always worth it.You have any advice to share about the origami design process?
Fold much! It is has so many various models out there, the simplest and the most notable of those who have discovered already, familiarize yourself with as many as possible.Fear not to change or modify a template. Changes in minor are not new models of course, but this practice allows to get a better feeling of works of the paper.Look at patterns of fold and you ask what changes, you can do and how it affects the model.Modular origami is not only on units, how you connect to them no importance too. Explore all the possibilities!Try to reverse engineering on a model that you like looking at a photo. It is the best exercise, I know, and there is nothing to lose! It is a great satisfaction if you succeed and there is good chance to achieve something new along the way. I do not think that I would have never aim a thing if there were diagrams available for all models, that I wanted to bend.Be prepared to discover that your new original design is not so "new or original" after all. It is not that difficult to design a modular model in reality. The only problem is that all the good are already taken.Which work influence you in the world of origami?
There are a lot of origami designers that I admire the work: Tomoko Fuse (I am the biggest fan of it, there is so much you can learn from his books!), Kunihiko Kasahara, Mio Tsugawa, Meenakshi Mukerji and many many others. I am passionate of Krystyna Burczyk's work because his models are very artistic and mathematical in nature.::::
Diagrams candle Maria Kusudama
This star created by Maria is based on an icosahedron. Is this you have bent it? Share with us your experiences or links to photos of your work!
Marked as: learn origami, Mr. SinayskayaFold Origami Cranes in tribute to the victims of September 11
"Peace comes from inside." "Seek not without."~ Buddha
"Each find his peace from within." "And real peace must be affected by external circumstances". ~ Mohandas Gandhi
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to the other."~ Mother Teresa
"Those who are at war with others in peace with them."~ William Hazlitt
"We cannot be time champion of the world peace leader and the world's main supplier of weapons of war". ~ Jimmy Carter
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if it wants to be ultimately at peace with itself.".~ Abraham Maslow
"Peace will in the manufacture of a poem as flour goes into the manufacture of bread." ~ Pablo Neruda
Origami cranes will be offered to visitors to the WTC tribute Center to commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11. More information on the OrigamiUSA
Fold the cranes as much as you like and send them to:
OrigamiUSA
c/o Phyliss Meth
166th Street 40-05.
Flushing, NY 11358
Cranes expected:
be folded 6? paper, be unopened, have wings up to, have no added embellishmentsCranes will be accepted until December 1, 2011.
Video showing how to make an origami crane.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Paper makes music to PRAB
Since the northwest coast of the United States is known for the frequent rain, the symbol for Pacific Coast Origami Convention - WNCP * this year, it was an umbrella. The convention was held in Bellevue, WA, September 29 to October 2.
• Patty created Grodner composition rainy day-theme lovely she was posted to PRAB piece - shown on the photo above, together with a piece folded by Mark Morden.
• Morning my flight arrived at the airport in Seattle, the sky was unusually clear contrary to what I expected based on the reputation of rain from the Northwest. Approach, I had a magnificent view of Mount Rainier, a conical volcano covered with snow in the southeast of Seattle. I took this photo of the aircraft (click to view enlarged pictures).
• Special convention PRAB invited this year were Seo won Seon and Lee Kyung, a couple of Korea South. Together, they were originals and teaching models several classes.
In the photo, Patsy Wang-Iverson (right) this book Origami 5: Fifth International meeting of Origami science, mathematics and education Seo won Seon and Lee Kyung. In this book is documented work presented at 5OSME the fifth in a series of conferences exploring the connections between origami, mathematics, science, technology, education and other academic areas. With Robert Lang and Mark Yim, Patsy is one of the editors of this book.
• Renowned origami artist and author Peter Engel (US) was also a featured artist.
• Saturday, that we have had a couple of charming shows an evening of entertainment. Louie Foxx began by us pleased with his magic Act. Mika Takano Tarmaly then led the Middle School International of Hamilton Concert Orchestra in a performance of "Ear-igami" by composer Richard Meyer. Composition invites musicians to use pieces of paper as instruments and it is for this last performance especially as the origami crowd cheered and welcomed with enthusiasm. Here is a return of the ear-igami, (played by a different Orchestra).
• There is a public exhibition of origami at Lincoln Square (Bellevue), featuring the works of several origami artists among which I was honored to be included. Two of my pieces, a brooch and a necklace of origami golden frogs were part of this exhibition and inspired a number of students to take the class that I offered folding of the model of frog.
• It was my first participation in the CBWM. The days of the convention have been fully that I met with newly formed and old friends, and the time much too quickly. The organizers convention - Lori Gregory, Ray Takeuchi, Mark Morden, Terry Allen, Ayumi Hayatsu, Rabbitt Boyer, John Smiley, Kim & Gordon Crane, Lisa Song-Mayekawa, Mary Williams and Robert Orndorff, did an absolutely fabulous job in the creation of a memorable event! I am back home in Vermont satisfied and with many warm memories.
• Here are some photos I've folded prab both in classes and informally at the meeting room.
Wind charm Taught by Carol Stevensmodular Box : sign by Patsy Wang-IversonOwl created and taught by Joseph Wuboxes various authors. Teachers: Kay Eng, Patty Grodner, Terry HathawayBowl petal created and taught by Vicky Mihara Averystacking Cubes created by d. Mitchell, taught by Morrow Charcreationof elephant and taught by Seo won Seonsnail : sign by Karen buzzardEifel Star created by Hans Werner-Guth, taught by Kathleen Sheridan
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* PCOC pronounces "Peacock".
An origami, designed by Kunihiko Kasahara, Peacock is the traditional symbol of the PRAB.
A gift for your dentist.
When I saw a class offering of a tooth origami Origami USA 2011 Convention in New York, I jumped at the opportunity to learn an excellent model with one I could give to my dentist as a gift.
This origami tooth is the creation of Marc Kirschenbaum. Marc is a prolific origami designer and author of the book who shares his work on his website Marc Kirschenbaum Origami, and who generously granted me permission to show the folding of this model in the following video.
I like the sequence of folding of the tooth because of its pleasing symmetry and the potential for the manufacture of changes leading to the creation of other models. For example, when turned upside down, I imagine folding in a basket or container.
An origami tooth I've folded Stardream ® paper ivory colour is now sitting on a shelf in the studio waiting for my next dental appointment. I will tell you how my dentist reacts. At least, I hope that it gives me a big smile!
If you give your dentist tooth origami, share with us their reaction!
Marked as: learn origami, videoTuesday, November 15, 2011
Bending and snapping an Origami bat
Because of the economy in the number of folds and the quality of the movement in the wings of beats, this clever origami, a creation of the deg farrelly designer butterfly, is one of my favorite action models.
Over the years I've folded it repeatedly, often in black paper on Halloween, saying those I give it's a beat of bat. Always people respond enthusiastically to this model. I am very pleased deg farrelly gave me the authorization to teach its model in the next video.
Advice of the designer and tips for folding and the Halloween bat to components
A piece of paper 10 inches square crisp kami is ideal. If not, experiment with paper thin and crispy.For a smaller cut bat a piece of 6 inches of kami by making two rectangles equal half. Use one of these rectangles for folding the model.Once the wings are around your finger hold the wings close to your finger with the other hand, letting go only when you are ready to make snapping.Take to the bat thus wings point downwards and then gently make wings flutter a tiny little. Then-part quickly and away from your hand. This mimics how bats are suspended ceiling of the cave, and then fly when surprised.To learn more about this model as a butterfly to teaching, see the dedicated Web page of deg farrelly reading a story who wrote Anne Bedrick. On the Web site you will also find diagrams for the butterfly.
Marked as: bat, butterfly, d. farrelly halloween, learn origamiWitch claws!
What a terrific claws set to wear for Halloween? They are very easy to do! I found a few black self adhesive notes (3 × 3 inches) and got a set.
Diagrams?
Found in the book Origami Omnibus, by Kunihiko Kasahara.
It is full of many other superb models!
~*~
Monday, November 14, 2011
Eighteen of the tools for a traveller of origami
Since the origami is a such portable art, I need only some paper and my hands to do something.
But whenever I travel, either closely or from afar, I is always with me a bag small tool. The tools in this bag are often practical giving me the opportunity to realize the spontaneous creative ideas.
Here is a list of tools in my bag:
color thought cutter - "Of Omation Envelopener" (yellow rectangle on the photo) a pen ink (for scoring paper) a pencil (with a holder metal to attach it to my blouse) an eraserscissors (I am not a folding fudamentalist!)knifea of a flat gluean Japanese bamboo stick and the sharp folder (great scoring, enter in small corners and pointing when teaching) a small pliersremovable tapea squareminiature small hole punch (found in an ancient city fair) pick and skewermini pinsclipsneedle clothes and thread tweezerstoothI prepare in time to get to Belleview WA, near Seatle, to attend Pacific Coast Origami Convention 2011 - also known as the CBWM and I will make sure you have my faithful set of tools as well as for hiking.
Don't forget: If you are flying, don't forget to bring sharp tools in the baggage check!
What creative tools you of when you travel?
Make a donation to Vermont in need after Irene
Living in Southern Vermont, a block of the Battenkill River, I attended with wonder otherwise peaceful and Crystal River, rage as a monster in anger in the Valley of last Sunday, causing damage to a large number of properties and houses of our neighbours.
The top of the Hill, the Kelly booth, another River, named Roaring Branch, swept away three houses and left the road impassable.
Fortunately, my family and me successful and our House suffered no damage. But the floods have been catastrophic and most people who have suffered damage to their homes had no flood insurance.
Here is an article with links to places accepting donations.
Here's a video of the devastation in the area of that live.
Marked as: vermontFestive Origami Twist-Box
With the approach of the holiday season this torsion box festive origami is an easy to do for a small gift container. Fold the box documents of red and green for Christmas or orange and black Halloween papers. As a favour of marriage, the box could be folded with white or pastel colors. for a birthday party will make any light and festive colors.
The box Designer, David Martínez (Venezuela), developed this torsion box by experimenting on how to divide a piece of paper in equal parts by using the methods described by Kazuo Haga and Kunihiko Kasahara.
David folds its box from a rectangle proportionate A4, but in the video, next we'll start with a 7-inch square, divided into five equal sections and then cut out the rectangle.
David Martínez discovered origami when he was ten years, through a book her sister borrowed from the library. It has a folding of the different types of models, but currently has been tested with geometric origami made from documents which are not square.
Many of David origami creations can be seen on his flickr page. When it is not paper folding, David enjoys spending time with his family and friends. It will soon be finished his degree in computer engineering.
Marked as: d. Martinez, k. Haga, k. Kasahara, learning origami, venezuela
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The second Latin American Origami Congress, Chile 2011
Origami Chile hosts its 6th Convention Origami to Santiago's Chile of August 25-27, 2011.
The Convention, Origami Chile will host a separate parallel event: the Congress of second Latin American Origami.
-The first Latin American Origami Congress took place in Bogotá in April 2010.
While the convention is adapted to teaching and sharing models of origami, Origami Congress is more conceptual and is distinguished by the following characteristics:
Main objective
To imagine new horizons for the development of Origami in Latin America on the basis of the current trend of creativity.Other objectives include
To understand the current state of the art of Origami in Latin America.To encourage the creative process from the perspective of human emotion.To encourage the process of creation from the point of view of the current techniques of origami.To discuss ways to create origami with a distinctive flavour of Latin America.ACTIVITIES
Main Conference
• "Paradox of the poet and empirical mathematics as sources of creation" (Isa Klein - Brasil)
Workshops
• Design with freedom (Aldo Marcel-Nicaragua)
• Design with Feeling (Isa Klein - Brasil)
• Design with geometry (Nicolás Gajardo-Chile)
Round table
• Feeling vs Technique
Presentations
• Network design. Exhibition (Eric Gjerde-USA)
• Organic sensitivity in design. Conference (Michael Kaiser-Chile)
• Complications of Existence. Exhibition (Nicolás Gajardo-Chile)
Delegates of different Origami Associations in Latin America
(click on image to view larger)
You attend this Conference? Please share your thoughts with us.
Tagged as: Chile, Latin AmericaA great way to say "I love you".
Don't wait for Valentine's day, mother's day or a birthday to give! This unexpected creates a moment of joy for the recipient and the donor too.
A handmade gift expresses the depth of feeling and greater personal involvement in a relationship as an element of mass production.
A few weeks ago, Maria Sinayskaya flikr page, among its lovely creations, I found an origami rose-box, perfect a gift to surprise someone with. I couldn't rest until I understood how to withdraw it.
I share here a video showing how to do so.
Once done, fill the box pink candy or small bays and leave a surprise for that special person in your life. It is a simple and beautiful way say "I love you" without saying a Word.
By Maria Sinayskaya for a permission to share his box pink.
Diagrams for this box are in the site Web of Maria
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Origami for beginners
Origami can be simply defined as an art in which paper (usually square is form) is folded to look like varied recognizable objects. Scissors or glue and or Ribbon are used in origami. Origami is all about following basic instructions, be specific in bending and drawing permanently on your finger along the folds to make them crisp and your final product look well finished.
There are a few basic symbols, universally recognized origami as the guide for its folds. These symbols are generally the same in all the books of origami diagrams and literature. Become familiar with these symbols and basic folds having to manage with large easy origami and understand fully and effectively, follow any guide of choice ones.
Here are some basic and important symbols:
o A dashed line indicates a Valley fold. It can be formed by folding paper to itself
o alternating dashed and dotted indicates a fold of the mountain, which is formed by the folding of paper away from himself.
o A solid line represents the fold.
o an arrow line must to withdraw in the direction of the arrow that appears in a curved manner.
o a double arrow line can be formed by folding along the fold and unfold.
Petal Fold: The petal fold raises a point, and it leads to the top so that the two sides of the paper are located together. It is preferable to pre-fold the two layers of paper and folds of the Valley and the mountain before making the petal fold.
Rabbit ear Fold: Pre-fold along the folds three first Valley. Then fold both sides up to the base line. Fold the high point on the side to make folding mountain. (Take care that you fold the high point to the right where the mountain fold is defined.)
Squash Fold: Pre-fold the two sheets of paper along the Valley fold and the mountain. Open the document. Fold a layer of paper along the Valley fold and flatten model by using the fold of the mountain.
Reverse (indoors) Fold: Pre-fold the two sheets of paper in two directions (mountain and Valley). Then open the template a bit and bring down the top point so that the edge of mountain fold becomes a Valley fold advantage.
Reverse (outdoors) Fold: A crimp is used as a way to integrate two reverse folds to change the direction of a flap or point. In most cases, it is easier, just make two folds inverse one after another (pre-crease all two before folding).
Sink Fold: The sink fold is a method of blunting a point has no edges open. The fold must be pre-creased. Then carefully open the model and tuck the point inside. Then flatten the model along the existing folds.
Origami is extremely easy to follow with simple diagrams which are available to all support origami, Web sites, books etc. In practice the above mentioned basic steps can obtain custody of the elemental of origami.
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The Ancient Art of Origami
Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, might have actually originated in China. Papermaking was developed in China and some of the oldest surviving examples of folding paper models are from there.
However, Japan embraced origami and, in most peoples' minds, the art is distinctly Japanese. In its traditional form, a square piece of paper is formed into an endless variety of shapes, using a small number of different folds. Cutting and pasting are not part of the traditional practice.
Besides China, other countries have also taken up paper folding. In Spain and France, starting in the 16th Century, documents, probably baptismal certificates, were folded into little birds, known as "Pajarita" in Spain and "Cocotte" in France.
Origami designs can be simple hats or airplanes, or can be complex structures such as animals or buildings, which can take quite a while to fold. Sometimes the more complex shapes are made of foil rather than paper, since the foil can be folded more times, while creating less bulk.
Standard origami paper is generally a 6" (15 cm) square. Standard folds are used to create bases, the most common of which are the kite, fish, bird and frog.
Once the base is shaped, other folds are added to create almost any shape.
One of the most famous Japanese origami shapes is the crane. The Japanese consider the crane auspicious. Legend has it that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will have their heart's desire come true. The origami crane has since become a symbol of peace in Japan.
In the 1920's and 30's, Joseph Albers began to create spiral and curved shapes in his origami works. Later, Akira Yoshizawa inspired the modern revival of the art using even more intricate designs and introducing new techniques such as wet folding, so the origami paper holds its shape better.
To show off the versatility and originality that can be origami, every year for the past 30 years, the American Museum of Natural History in New York has erected a Christmas tree solely decorated with many different origami shapes such as crabs, lobsters, birds, turtles and dinosaurs. It's truly amazing to behold!
There are many books on origami available for beginners to those with more skill. One of the best is "The Complete Book of Origami: Step-by-Step Instructions in over 1000 Diagrams with 37 Original Models", by Robert Lang.
The first part of this book is an excellent introduction into the basic skills needed to do origami. Each model is designed to let you practice one skill several times. This book is a well know source of origami instructions.
You can also buy kits complete with illustrated instructions and the materials you need to get started.
It is truly amazing what can be created from a simple piece of paper. All but the youngest children can make these miniature works of art. It is a craft worth exploring.
By: Eileen Bergen. For craft ideas, plans and patterns as well as step-by-step advice on setting up a craft business and selling your crafts, visit http://www.theartfulcrafter.com
Friday, November 11, 2011
Origami pour les enfants
Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is a fun activity for children and adults alike. While adults can manage more complex parts, children enjoy easier mailboxes and birds and other figures. Most of the children are already small toys Origami school, paper and boxes of fortune telling finger snapper.
The best way to teach Origami for children is to demonstrate the procedures for them, especially for young children. There is a fairly simple diagrams and older children can usually figure them out, but a custom learning, or teaching situation of small group, is best for all of the young. Classical Origami books are written by Isao Honda, Yoshizawa and Sakade. There are many others, some just for beginners.
Perhaps the most important communication on the creation of characters in paper Origami is certainly all the folds and folds are made precisely. Folds very straight, crisp folds are important, especially when you start making the figures that use more than one sheet of paper. The paper is the another very important element for Origami. Make sure that your papers are exactly square. You can purchase special, coloured, Origami papers are pre-cut in a craft store. Or, you can make your own square. By two diagonal folds and sides of correspondence, you can create a good place. For children, just start with some typing paper. Take the bottom right and bring that and the side down the left side of the sheet of any. Press the diagonal fold that you created and you will see a triangle with a rectangle short but wide above him. Cut the rectangle, leaving only the folded triangle. Now, unfold the triangle and fold in the lower left corner on the right side of the square. Must correspond to your side and when you unbend this, you will have your excellent square piece of paper, with criss cross diagonal folds. It is beautiful, because of many Origami designs begin with a diagonal fold. When you try to do Origami for children, these large squares are easier for their small fingers and hands to work with and the results will be larger.
There are many Origami books, you can find in bookstores or on eBay. Look for the easiest creations, a single page. Some examples: jump to the box of ball, Crow, rabbit mask, cat and dog. The box of ball is fun. Children make a lot of folds and completed, there is a small form that, when you blow into the open end, will be puff in a square. These boxes can be hung as decorations by inserting a small piece of toothpick linked to a string in the blow open space. Or, the children can just them about bat for fun, or skip them again and again. Use paper stained for best decoration. Children can take their white papers and create their own decorations, before folding in forms.
Origami for children is a pleasant way to spend time rain or shine!
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The Funnest And Most Effective Way Of Learning To Make Towel Animals
Have you ever been on a cruise or visited a nice bed & breakfast and been greeted in your room by folded towels shaped like animals?
that's exactly what happened to my husband and I on our recent Carnival cruise to the Bahamas.
They come in all shapes and sizes: hanging monkeys, elephants, turtles, swans, pigs, roses, even dogs. Many were even outfitted with accessories like sunglasses and hats. I must admit...I immediately fell in love with these little creations and found out that they're a part of a growing trend sweeping the hospitality industry called "towel origami".
It was a fun addition to our trip to go to an on-board class and actually learn how to make these wonderful towel animals. Don't tell anyone, but I couldn't wait to get home and show these animals off to my friends!
Making them wasn't too difficult, but a technique is definitely involved. A technique that is much too hard for me to describe in words.
Many of these towel artists are like magicians and would rather not reveal their secrets. But if you'd like to learn how to master this craft, here's some ways to do it:
1. Buy a book on "towel origami" or "towel animals". The cruise ship we were on (Elation) sold a book for about $15. You can also find them on Amazon.com for around $20.
2. Find diagrams on the internet. Do a Google search on "towel animal instructions" or "how to make towel animals". The available information is sparse, but you can find it if you search.
3. Attend the live class on your next cruise. That's a rather expensive way to learn, but you'll have fun doing it! There also may be free classes available at your local library or recreation center.
From my experience, books and diagrams just don't do this skill justice. It's much better to have someone actually show you how to do the folding.
My recommendation? Skip the book and go to the live class on your next cruise, you'll pick it up a lot quicker, and have much more fun.
Leslie Millet is a busy, stay-at-home mom who loves to teach others how to encourage guests and impress friends by making cute towel animals. Learn how to make cruise ship towel animals (aka towel origami) with one of her free sample videos.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Tips and tricks for the Origami paper folding
During my years folding origami, I thought much about the way to great models. There are many simple things on origami as a beginner will pick up very quickly, but I hope that the tips here will focus on some things that are not obvious. It is a short list of tips that work well for me.
Avoid larger problems later by being careful now First fold an origami model are the Foundation for the rest of the model. Models tend to get it more chaotic that folds increase. Sometimes, this may seem to work exponentially. Take the time to ensure folds meet at corners and edges respond correctly. If something is off, take the time to repair. As you progress, folds are irrelevant will cause problems more. Practical special patience from the beginning.
Take a package from time to time A break is not only a good idea to clear your head. It is also a good time to check your work. Compare your model for diagrams. A common to find error, it is that you have made a cover of the Valley instead of a mountain somewhere bend. In addition, it is easy to miss a step and something is not quite correct. Other thing, I like to do is to check the diagrams of that move a few steps. In this way, you can see how the model is about to change and predict what your next move. In addition, you can see where some existing folds should be sharpened to make things more easy.
Always check the diagram symbols Even if I was folding origami since I was a teenager, I take a moment to verify symbols. Opposite each origami book, there will be a few pages detailing the symbols they use to designate the mountain and Valley folds. This tends to clear my head and make me more thoughtful.
Choose the correct type of paper Because Origami is really paper, which is the most important choices you can make. Textured paper: this paper type is really nice for simple origami. It can add to the gesture and also create the volume. For simple origami, I also like to use paper with drawings on it. Thin paper with solid colours: this type of paper is best for medium complexity models, especially because you can get more details in with less volume. For example if you make an insect, the leg is not as thick. More complex models have also details that show nicely with documents solid color. -Backed on the sheet of paper: it is the paper which consists of a layer of thin sheet stuck to plain paper. You can buy it at most stores of paper origami. It will be to take and hold a sharp bend very well and will compress this places in the model that have a lot of layers will be not so thick. The main problem with-backed on the sheet of paper, is that errors and accidental folds may not be smooth.
Air bending Instead of folding your model against a table surface, fold with your hands as much as possible.
Take your time and take advantage of Increasing your experience, you will notice that patterns emerge. As one progresses model it is rewarding to observe how it changes shape. Designers of begin with basic shapes and to make new opportunities. You may find that you know how to get a place in one model to another in a way that works better than in the instructions. If you like these tips, is here more information on the origami paper folding.
Enjoy Origami!
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Origami, a brief history
The art of origami is generally thought originally the Japan during the 17th century.
It is difficult to say exactly where and when origami came because the paper breaks down relatively quickly makes it difficult to keep records. The form of art probably started in China around the first century of our era and arrived in the Japan around the sixth century of our era, where he eventually became a cultural tradition.
Initially due to the fact that the document was dear origami was a form of art benefits from the rich and has been used for practical purposes such as the folding of the letters. Samurai would have given each other charm of good chance to paper shortly known as noshi and paper butterflies were folded for Shinto weddings.
During the Edo period (1600-1868) new methods have been developed to produce mass effectively papers. This is when the origami began to fully develop in the art we know today.
Origami instructions have been issued and transmitted person to person, and no diagrams have been written until 1797, when a book called Senbazuru Orikata (how to fold 1000 cranes) was published. In Japanese mythology, the crane was considered a sacred bird. As the origami has gained popularity, the custom that would be granted a wish or gain good luck folding 1000 cranes developed.
Once the other collections of diagrams began publishing origami was officially given a name.
Origami name comes from the Japanese word oru meaning folds and the Japanese word for paper, kami. Assemble the two gives the word origami.
Modern origami has developed in the 1900s by Akira Yoshizawa, who is generally regarded as the Grandmaster of origami. Akira Yoshizawa developed the wet fold technique which involved absorbing paper before folding to give more filled models a carved and three-dimensional look. In 1989, he had developed models of more than 50,000 and published 18 books.
During the 1980s, several files have begun to examine the mathematical properties of origami. With the addition of software, it was possible to create incredibly complex models such as those you see today.
Interestingly enough, the Japan is not the only country with a history rich origami. The art form was also discovered by the moors of Africa.
While Japanese origami is famous for the creation of representations of animals, Islamic traditions do not allow artists to create representations of human beings live. This was based on the second commandment of the ten commandments refusing the creation of graven images.
The Moors rather explores mathematics of origami and created pavements and complex forms.
When the Moors invaded the Spain in the 8th century, they bring with them origami, and shortly after that he began to spread throughout Europe.
If you would like to learn more about origami please visit the Ultimate Origami resource site for a vast wealth of resources of origami.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
5 Interesting and Simple DIY Craft Activities at Home with Your Toddler
Recently my friends keep asking me on how to find simple activities for children at home, and not every weekend just do window shopping. Here I share my seven interesting and simple D.I.Y craft activities at home with your toddler. Hope you will enjoy to do this activities with your child at home!
Craft #1 Egg Painting.
Material you need is egg shell. Keep egg shells during your cooking, this can be done by removing all the egg white and egg yoke without breaking the whole egg, but just a small hole on top of the egg. Keep as many egg shell as you can to allow your children enjoy with different egg painting experience. You can use any coloring medium such as acrylic, watercolor, poster color, color pencil, crayon, as long as your children comfortable with it!
Craft #2 Origami.
Origami is another fun craft that you should do with your children at home. Do a search in internet, simply type origami diagram in the search engine, you can find thousand of web site of free diagram with clear instruction to follow. Origami is the best craft for your children to learn about basic mathematic such as shapes, angel, numbers and sequence.
Craft #3 Paper Mosaic Art.
Mosaic art is another interesting craft activity that I always do with my children. What you need is two to three pieces of colorful construction paper, drawing block, PVA glue, color pencil or watercolor.
Craft #4 Self Portrait.
Every children love self portraits. What you need is drawing block in A4 size, pencil for your child to scribble their self portraits and some stickers as embellishment. Once it is done, ask your child to sign on it!
Craft #5 Family scrapbooking.
Scrapbooking is another interesting craft that you should do with your child. The most easy theme is family trip scrapbooking. This is done by collecting all the photos during the trip, glue them in proper order followed the itinerary on the A4 colorful construction paper, then just add a few words to describe the happening in the trip. Lastly, paste some interesting embellishment to make the scrapbooking design look great!
Hope your children enjoy all the above activities!
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Origami - A Great Way to Train Fine Motor and Cognitive Skills
Origami is a very therapeutic and educational form of paper art. Most origami models just require one piece of paper and a series of folds, while others require a cut or two to form slots to secure pieces or create certain shapes. The folding and cutting are great to help children develop their fine motor skills, as well as help those with hand injuries in a therapeutic way.
There are many simple origami diagrams that beginners and children can follow easily and only require a few folds. This not only helps train their fine motor skills to fold and manipulate the paper, but also learn to identify different shapes that adults can help them name. For example, the child will begin with a square and fold it into a triangle or rectangle, continue to fold to form a diamond shape and so on.
Another fantastic benefit of origami is training hand-eye coordination. Since most of the paper model folds need an exact placement and manipulation, it's perfect to practice hand-eye coordination, especially for the young.
In order to maximize learning benefits of origami for children, give them a wide variety of colourful and textured paper to help them learn colours and textures, and try different simple models to help them learn different shapes and objects. Some great models that children can make range from animals, clothing, fruits/vegetables, vehicles, buildings, etc.
For slightly older children who are learning verbs, it's a great chance to help them learn actions and directions while playing. Talk through all of the actions and directions with the children while playing to help them identify different verbs and directions and to teach them without making it feel like school. For example, here are instructions for making a paper hat to show you how many different things children can learn from one origami model:
First, begin with a colourful rectangular shaped piece of paper. Fold the top side down to the bottom and create a crease in the middle. Now, fold it in half from left to right like closing a book, and press down to make a crease. Open the book and fold the two top corners towards the middle to look like a house. Finally fold the bottom ends up and open from the bottom. Now you have a triangular shaped hat.
As you can see, the children are constantly learning their vocabulary, and training their hand-eye coordination as well as fine motor skills. The benefits of origami are endless. It's fun, inexpensive, and educational for people of all ages.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Simple origami - a world of infinite possibilities
Before ask you what you can do with origami, you realize that you can do virtually everything that you want, depending on how much knowledge about the hobby and according to your skill level.
Simple Origami is essentially the art of folding pieces of paper to create different models and while in them may seem easy at first, it can get incredibly complex. In fact, not everyone is cut out to meet the challenges that you can come face when you begin to design your own projects.
In contrast, providing that you have a genuine interest then it is nothing that can stand in the way of learn you this ancient art form. Those who become so involved that they eventually begin designing their own projects will require course some knowledge of mathematics.
In the vast majority of cases, paper are the first models of origami that makes a person. Even if the aircraft are among the simplest forms of origami, they still require the use of specific folds, and to succeed, the aircraft must be symmetric. Other basic origami projects include things such as square boxes and photo frames.
Just as with so many things in life; practice makes perfect, and you begin to develop your skills, you can start any attempt of projects that are more difficult. Of course, go on more ambitious projects, eventually you have to invest more time and concentration more in your project.
For example, these projects would include animals, flowers, six-pointed stars and a range of other things as well. The more practical than you, more advanced origami projects you will be able to take.
When a person becomes seriously involved in origami, they end up taking on more and more difficult projects that need to be completed in various stages.
There are some highly skilled artists who undertake huge projects developed sailboats, complex buildings and even people. Those who are capable of these advanced projects will most often enter their work in highly respected competitions, and it is not uncommon that these pieces be presented in the world renowned art galleries.
Course, it is only obvious that when you want to learn the art of origami, you must start at the beginning.
Ideally, it should begin by reading books that are available to help beginners. These books will provide you with many diagrams, instructions, and explanations. It is of course even better if you can join a class of origami course providing that such a class exists in the region where you live.
If this is not the case, then you should seriously consider signing with one of the many Web sites that provide origami lessons free of charge and can be downloaded and printed. The good thing is that if you have an interest in learning simple origami, the Internet can prove to be an invaluable resource.
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Organic SEO and Search Engines: What Gives?
Organic SEO is search engine optimization in its purest form: no black hat methods, no scripting, no doorway pages and NO hassle from the search engines. If done well, organic SEO is simply reacting to what search engines want. In most cases, you'll be rewarded by higher ranking in your chosen keyword field.
I say most cases, because high competition keyword fields can have literally millions of competing pages. "SEO" is an excellent example, with over 176 million pages; that's a lot of zeros. Obviously, the higher the competition, the harder it can be to rank. The key, however, is figuring out what search engines want and how to provide it.
So what do search engines want? What are they looking for? Well, regularly updated, quality content is a good start. Content popular with the Internet environment makes it to the top of the line: i.e. content shared by other websites, talked about by other people and linked. SEs decide how popular your site is by counting how many sites link to yours, the quality of the sites and the relevance of the sites (among other factors).
Note I say relevance and quality.
Linking
These sites are counted as votes of confidence. Sites linking to yours that also have high-quality votes of confidence have more weight than others. Part of your job in making your website fit for search engine consumption is checking the sites that offer you links. For example:
Your website is all about origami...
Let's say you have a link from what's called a "bad neighborhood", such as a link farm: very little content and tons of links from many different types of websites. Relevance and quality are shot.
Let's also say one of your blogs about origami has been linked to within another blog about origami. The author says something like, "I really like this origami diagram from [blog name]." "Origami diagram" is linked to your blog.
Quite simply, Google will have higher confidence in the second link example than the first. If you're offered a link exchange with one of the first types of sites, weight the benefits before accepting.
Content
Search engines use "spiders" to regularly crawl the Web. Since your site is on the Web, of course, this means they'll also be coming to see your content. One of the things they'll be looking for is updated content. Now, by updated, I mean "added". The more often you add content, the more often the spiders come back. With the Google Caffeine indexing system (faster, better, stronger - all those "er" words), changes to your site can be visible in the SERPs (search engine results pages) in a very short time.
What's the key to most organic SEO activities? Quality. Relevance. Interest. Targeted topics.
Get your website optimized. Add on-target content. Gain relevant, high-quality links. With everything you do, keep your target audience in mind. You see, what search engines really want is useful sites visitors love (and love to talk about).
Don't try to scam visitors OR search engines. If your site and content is appealing to visitors, it will - slowly but surely - become more appealing to search engines.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Origami book reviews
There are a number of books origami available which offer beautiful photos, easy to follow guides and design ideas for all your occasions origami decoration. Origami books range from the difficulty of origami beginning with creations simple to advanced and expert design books incorporating mathematics and details in the production of decorative origami. Decide which book is best for you, here are my recommendations for how origami book, you should choose according to your skills and experience level.
Beginning - for beginners, best book to start origami is Origami book beginners by Nick Robinson. If the articles online or other books with complex diagrams and confused folding lines you have already discouraged to origami decorations, then it certainly is the book for you. Featured color photos and a system simple three step, Origami beginners teaches the most amateur of origami makers decoration to some fantastic sculptures and models. The book can be purchased from Amazon with 20% of its retail prices and is a good start for beginners of origami.
Absolute beginners book
Intermediate - if you have some experience with the origami decorations, or want to put you to the challenge with some models of more delicate and ornamental Origami: Exploring 3D geometric designs is the book for you. Featuring images beautiful colors on pages on high quality glossy paper, ornamental Origami: exploration of designs geometric 3D has 40 projects for origami lovers create, with boards structured, making it as easy as possible creation. This book is best purchased off the coast of the Amazon, where it can be picked up with the economy of more than 10% of its original price.
Ornamental book
Advanced - if you are experienced with the origami decorations and wants to make some designs that will really impress and dazzle your friends and family, and then advanced Origami: Guide of An Artist of the performances in paper is the book for you. This book goes beyond the basic origami "How-to" guides and focuses on advanced techniques in paper origami and necessary to do the really spectacular origami decorations visionary art. There are ten unique origami models in the book that is not found elsewhere, with complete instructions, photographs, and advice on techniques such as wet folding. This book can be purchased cheap on Amazon, with savings on the RRP of 33%.
Advanced Book
Expert - if you are a master of origami or want to become an expert in the art of producing spectacular origami decorations, then Origami Design Secrets: mathematical methods for an ancient Art is the book for you. Origami Design Secrets is written by Robert j. Lang, one of the main artists of origami in the world, and in the book, you will learn how to make your own unique creations and expert origami and origami sculptures. Techniques are explained in detail with some fantastic diagrams and include expert as origami methods combining uniaxial bases, the theory of method and the circle of water tree. This book expert origami can be bought more cheaply to Amazon, with savings of 16% on standard prices.
Book of origami Design Secrets
Whatever your level of competence origami is a book for you, give you the information you need to do a few decorations impressive origami for all occasions.
Who Uses Origami in Society Right Now?
The ability to origami dates back to the 1600's. First seasoned by the Chinese and Japanese, the skill of paper folding was and continues to be popular in lot of cultures. When it was originally started, origami instructions were transferred verbally. Over the years the facts and steps necessary for origami projects have been written down and/or relayed through diagrams. Folding paper may not seem to be very awkward but as the projects advance, origami can as a matter of fact be quire complicated and complex.
Who uses origami in society right now? Indubitably they're lots of people who still do origami mainly because a pass-time or hobby. For adults and children alike this activity can supply hours of enjoyment. Origami is great on rainy days and snow days. Once starting a project, it's difficult to stop until the wanted result is achieved. It might take several attempts but eventually the results will be top-notch.
Origami has grown in popularity as a teaching tool. Educators and teachers are employing origami in the classroom. This activity has proven to be effective in teaching children to be patient and attentive. Probably both of these skills are essential in a group along with in a day living. Origami also teaches children about problems solving and other aspects of mathematics that are relative to life. It also encourages children to set intentions and work toward achieving them.
Psychologists and physicians use origami as a therapeutic tool. It has proven to be victorious in the treatment of mental health patients. It helps the patients to become more relaxed in their environment and with their doctor. Besides filling many lonely hours in the hospital, origami instructs patients to get beside and help one another. The ability to paper folding can really bring people out of their shell and inspire them to participate in conversation and group activities.
Parents use origami indoors to help their children develop different skills. This activity can be of help children develop their reading and writing skills. For young kids it can help them learn how to use both hands together. Origami teaches concentration, patience and problem solving, all imperative to the growth and growth of children. Besides the educational and behavioral advantages of origami, moms and dads can employ this activity to occupy a child who's bored or lonely. It's a low-cost activity that a mother or father and child or children is able to do together. This indicates time spent together and a chance to construct a good mother or father/child relationship.
When people first started practicing the ability to origami, they probably had no idea of the astonishing benefits this activity would produce. Likely initially used as a decoration or simply a way to kill a couple of hours, origami has been transformed into an activity that has many magnificent uses. They're books written about the ability to origami and its benefits for various circumstances. The internet has many info about the origami. If you'd like to learn more approximately this great activity, log onto the worldwide web and commence studying.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Origami - choose your folding Instructions
The ancient art of Origami has millions of followers. It is fun, relaxing and difficult (depending on the project) and surprisingly creative. It is wonderful that you can create a simple sheet of paper!
Like any new boat there are bases to learn. The preliminary must master before move you on all things more dramatic.
How the "bases" basis and the folds are taught could be the difference between you persevering with any challenge to the Origami - or giving up.
There are a number of ways that you can choose to learn:
-Read the written instructions
-Follow the comic line diagrams
-Watch a boat "how to;" video
-Any combination of the above
Once you understand how you learn best, it is a question of rooting out the sites that can give you what you need.
Long ago, when the teaching of basic Origami, I realized it was this mixture which was more likely to get people rapid learning.
Of course, if you have an expert to see which is best, but video is equal to my notice that you can watch the difficult bits again and again until you have it.
Therefore, if the video was filmed "straight" you will monitor the demonstration of the expert ' like it '. You won't have to turn things around in your mind. You see, it is how you will do it too. It is much less confusing and the sign of a really good teacher who saw the fire over-the-shoulder shot is more important than a glamour studio.
You must also have carefully written explanations of the number of techniques involved. The words must be easy to understand and easy to work around your head layout. It makes it faster for identify you where you are.
Finally, line diagrams can be helpful. It is a different way of putting things, but it can give you a clearer view on the steps taken.
If all these elements are included in your folding project then you will easily find. But any combination will help you to do a project Origami to be proud of.
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Designing the Fold - Origami Design
In 100 AD, when origami was first invented, designing the piece took serious effort and planning because paper was not cheap. The artist had to envision the finished piece emerging from a single flat piece of paper as a fully realized three-dimensional piece of art. At first, this was a very difficult task and only true masters could do it.
As time progressed and more and more people were able to enjoy the practice of origami, books were written detailing how to make different pieces. Especially now, with the Internet, if you do a search for origami, you will find endless sites on how to make this or that but very little about learning how to design these incredible pieces of art.
Now, because of computers, you can have all of this done for you. One such program called Tree Maker is a free bit of software, which allows you to do the design on your computer. Just because this software is available doesn't mean you can just download it and off you go. It requires a good knowledge of origami as well as mathematics and computers. It's a bit confusing but it can crank out some awesome designs.
When origami was first introduced to the world, a complex piece may have had about 30 or so different folds in it. These days, because of computers and advanced mathematics, pieces can easily have 300 or more folds on a single piece of paper. Looking at one of these diagrams is confusing if you don't understand it. All it looks like are a bunch of lines all over a piece of paper in some odd pattern.
In reality, it makes the paper into amazing things like bugs, animals, people and anything else you can think of. The problem is getting to the point of understanding the folds on the paper to know when to fold what and which way to fold it.
Honestly, just looking at the folding patterns on the paper before it is turned into origami is almost as amazing as the finished product. This is especially true if you love math and the origination of lines and graphs that come with a love of higher mathematics and how numbers translate into images. However, you don't need to know all that stuff in order to create truly amazing origami.
People have been designing and folding paper for centuries before computers were even imagined in any way. This is an ancient art and, if you really want to get into origami, learning how to do it the old fashioned way would be wise. Without this type of knowledge from the beginning, you would be ignoring the rich history and skill involved in creating these wonderful pieces of art from single pieces of paper.
Start with something simple and familiar - a paper airplane. Did you know folding a paper airplane is considered to be origami and there are people who make these so complex they can fly in the air for up to a minute at a time? So grab a piece of paper and fire up your imagination and start folding.
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
The best way to learn Origami
Origami is the ancient art of paper folding for complex drawings and models. People of all ages and demographics found joy in learning to make fun projects like flower origami, animals and much more. There are projects that provide a challenge to a wide range of skill levels, making origami, one of these rare hobby that can cater to adults and young children. If there is a drawback to origami, is the difficulty of finding good, full of easy to follow instructions.
Often, the origami books give you a beginning section which described several preliminary folds that are used to the foundation of many models. This sounds like a great idea and in fact usually is really useful reference. The problem, it is, publishers, and then ignores generally these steps on the pages of the designs really origami themselves. Rather that show you how to make a bird "base" in the instructions of a model that requires one, they will simply tell you to start with this fold is already done. You will then need to switch to the beginning of the book and find how this base back to the instructions of the model and continues. Since no one gets really fired up to learn preliminary folds first, this usually learning makes a tiresome new model up to that become familiar you with all the preliminary fold.
As with many things in life, learning origami is much more intuitive and enjoyable if you can watch someone make folds and follow along. The usual issue with this is that you look at an image mirroring the folds, which can make learn design creates confusion.
One of the best ways to learn origami, and keep it fun, is to merge the positive aspects of a live demonstration with the major points of view offer illustrations of books. This is possible through the use of first person videos. In this way, you get the benefit of see folds made with human hands, but also see you their fact as if you are holding the paper. Then, you can emulate exactly what you see and learn folds without the frustrations that have other mediums.
Learn origami is like learning to play an instrument. If you start trying to solo to "Freebird" on your first day, you'll probably get frustrated, lose interest and stop playing. Origami is the same way. Start with the basic models and learn the preliminary fold. At any time do you the more complicated models, and perhaps even magic your own designs.
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Unfolding The Secrets Of Origami Sets
I recently saw an Origami set for sale in a toy shop near me. I was very surprised, because as I remembered it, Origami is the art of paper folding. You don't need any scissors, or glue, or fancy bits - just a sheet of paper. I was intrigued, and wondered how toy manufacturers could get away with selling a pack of paper as an Origami set. I considered popping down to the beach, scooping up a bucket full of sand and selling it as a build-you-own-beach kit (just add water). As I suspected, the main ingredient was paper.
But not just your ordinary bleached white printer paper. No, this paper was multicoloured. It had a gorgeous feel to it that suggested it might well be recycled, or even handmade. The colours were largely pastel, and the edges were, for some of them, crimped. The kit did also come with a book of instructions, and so I forgave the manufacturers my earlier cynical remarks and began wistfully recollecting the fun I had as a child with Origami.
I remember being given one of those Reader's Digest books, a huge great tome it was, and full of everything under the sun. It included excerpts from Little Women right next to advice on how to escape your car if you drive into a lake. It even had diagrams.
But tucked unobtrusively away in the mid section of the book was a half dozen pages on the art of paper folding, and I was immediately transfixed by this idea. What really caught my attention was a page that suggested that it was possible to fold a piece of paper into a box that was so sturdy, it would actually hold water. I tried it. Miraculously it worked first time, although the attempt to carry this makeshift bucket downstairs to display to my fond parents how artful and ingenious I was, was less successful. Cue: damp carpet, disappointed parents.
The instructions took me further on a journey which included making a bird which flapped its wings, a boat which really sailed, and a triangular thing which you stood on its end, and waited, and after a while it would flip over 'as if by magic'. As I recall it relied on the physical properties of the molecules in the paper to apply their natural tendency to reduce the curvature caused by a fold by pulling together within the partially collapsed chains of molecules and causing the natural elasticity to reduce the acute angle of distortion to one more obtuse. Of course, back then I just thought it was a springy corner you tucked underneath and waited until it popped. But then, what did I know? I was only a child.
I kept that huge book for years, simply because of those few pages, and the Origami kit in the shop brought it all back. It made me realise again just how magical and absorbing something as simple as a piece of paper can be to a child. Give a child a sheet of paper and the most basic of tools, and she will craft you a world, forged with miniature hands, and magnificent enthusiasm.
Here's to the simple toys, and all they teach us.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Origami Techniques - Beginners Guide to Basic Folds and Bases
Introduction
Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding such as the traditional crane design and also more modern forms such as Stars Wars inspired designs The word derives from ori meaning "fold", and gami meaning "paper".
In general, the shape of origami paper is square, either plain white or in different colours. Patterned paper can make for interesting effects also.
Though there are only a small number of simple origami folds for a beginner to learn they can be combined in a variety of ways to create a wide range of designs. A useful tips is to use a tool such as a chopstick, ruler or biro pen to push along your handmade fold for a tight and clean crease though some purists would argue that this is against the traditions of origami.
Basic Origami Folds
Valley The valley fold is the first basic fold in any beginners repertoire. The fold simply means to fold the paper forward onto itself.
Mountain The mountain fold is basically the valley fold but reversed so you fold the paper back behind itself. Though given a folding name of its own you can simply turn the paper over and make a valley fold then turn the paper back over and you have your mountain fold.
Pleat or Accordion The pleat fold or also known as the accordion fold are various evenly separated consecutive mountain and valley folds which gives a concertina effect.
Radial Pleat The radial pleat fold is an angled pleat fold, as above, usually anchored from point on an edge or corner sometimes giving a fan effect.
Blintz The blintz fold is made by folding the corners of your square paper into the middle. You can more accurately achieve this by lightly folding and then unfolding two creases through the middle of your paper for a reference point.
Squash A squash fold starts with a flap with at least two layers. Make a radial fold from the closed point down the centre of the flap. Open the flap and refold downward to make two side by side flaps.
Rabbit Ear A rabbit ear fold starts with a reference crease down a diagonal. Fold two radial folds from opposite corners along the same side of the reference crease. The resulting flap should be folded downwards so that the previous edges are aligned.
Petal The petal fold is made by raising a layer then opening it up and flattening. Usually it is made by two mountain folds and a single valley fold.
Origami Bases You can create many designs from just a few simple bases. An origami base means the folds made immediately before the final folding and shaping of the design.
Preliminary The preliminary base is made by a valley fold diagonally from bottom right to top left then unfold. Turn the paper over and then make a valley fold from bottom left to top right then unfold back to your original square shape. You should now see eight small triangles in the creases. Bring the corners together and flatten to from a small folded square base.
Kite The kite base is simply two valley folds that bring forward two adjacent edges of the square paper collectively to lie on the squares' diagonal.
Fish The fish base is two radial folds using a diagonal reference crease on each of the two opposite corners. This should leave you with two flaps on the other two corners which are should then be carefully folded downwards in the same direction.
Bird or CraneThe bird base, or crane base, starts with the preliminary base Now petal fold both both the front and the back layers. The base will resemble a diamond shape.
Frog BaseThe frog base starts with the preliminary fold. Then squash fold all four flaps and petal fold the corners upward.
Summary
There are other folds for intermediate and more advanced origami enthusiasts but the basic folds and bases learnt from this article should start you on the wondrous road of origami.
The techniques described in this article are a useful resource but with a visual medium such as origami, videos and diagrams are other useful sources of information for any beginner learning origami.
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