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
Have you folded this frog?
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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.
Mount Rainier• 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 guests• 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
• Renowned origami artist and author Peter Engel (US) was also a featured artist.
"Ear-igami."• 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).
Origami frog necklace• 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.
Folded Origami 2011 Pacific Coast ConventionWind 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".
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
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.
Origami Twist boxesMarked 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
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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