End it with a BANG!

Hi guys!

Unfortunately, this will be my last post on this website. But instead of being sad, let's end it with a BANG!

As some of you know, today is Lunar New Year,  Vietnamese New Year for some, Chinese New Year for others. But guess what, it's the same zodiac sign, the Chicken/Rooster! So, in celebration of the New Year, I've decided to make chickens and a dragon.

The chicken origami in particular, was not hard, in fact it was really easy. Though the dragon on the other hand, was a tad bit more difficult. According to the author, she states that, "This is my favorite of the more than ten chicken origami that i have developed" (Kasahara 358). This shows that she enjoys making it, and it probably looks really good in person. This was totally true, I had lots of fun making it, and the end result was really cute! 

What was really eye opening to me was how folding at a different spot can turn the chicken to either a hen or a rooster (Kasahara 359). I did a rooster since it's technically the year of the rooster, not hen. 

The reason why I didn't really talk about the Dragon was due to the fact that I had learned how to fold it through YouTube (which in my opinion is totally better than learning how to fold origami through a book). Even though there were instructions on how to make an origami dragon, I didn't like it's design, so I found another one. 

I truly thank you all for taking the time and reading my blog, it has been a really enjoyable ride, and experience. "Every moment sent was blindingly bright. Because the day was good, because the day wasn't good, because the day was just alright. I loved every single day" (Goblin). Just wanted to share this quote with you all since it's one of my favorite, and it fits the theme of the last post. Happy Lunar New Year!

Question: After reading my blogs, are you inspired to learn origami? Why are why not?

Citation: Kasahara, Kunihiko. Origami Omnibus: Paper-folding for Everybody. Tokyo: Japan 
Publications, 1988. Print. 

What time does a chicken go to bed? Half past hen.

Photo Shoot with Mr. Elephant

            Hi there!

In the past, I've always thought that origami elephants were extremely cute, and it would be cool if I could make one. But in the end, I never got to it. However, my current IRP book has instructions on how to make an elephant. So, I thought, “Why not?”  So, if you can’t already tell, I’m making an origami elephant.

So, for this particular elephant, many of the steps says to “inside reverse fold” (Kasahara 164,165). And if you remember my first post, you would know I struggled with this particular fold since it was my first time doing it in a while. But, to my surprise, doing the inside reverse fold for the elephant was easier than I thought. Though, similar to the Llama origami instruction, it said from steps 16 to 20, to look at the next step, observe it then fold (Kasahara 164). This was not very helpful since I need words to tell me how to fold since the arrows was very confusing. By some stroke of luck, I was able to make the elephant.

By making this elephant, I learned that pressing down hard when you make your creases will make it less hard for you when you do your folds (ex. Inside reverse fold).

After I finished making my origami elephant, I had a small photo shoot with him. Enjoy the photos!

Question: There are many variations of the same origami; what origami elephant variations have you seen?

Citation: Kasahara, Kunihiko. Origami Omnibus: Paper-folding for Everybody. Tokyo: Japan Publications, 1988. Print.

 Everything that is not related to elephants, is irrelephant.😏😏

Oh look, it's a Llama

         I've always thought that stuff (animal) llamas and alpacas were cute; and when I came across this origami, I knew I had to do make it.

         The book "Origami Omnibus Paper Folding For Everybody" states that, "The llama is an animal of the greatest importance to the people who live high in the Andes Mountains of South America" (Kasahara 144). Which was news to me, since I did not know where Llamas specifically lived. This gave me more of a reason to fold it, since I now know more about it.    

The Llama directions were quite confusing. Instructions such as look at the structure in the next step, observe what it looks like, now fold it into that structure (Kasahara 144).  But after looking at the picture again and again, I managed to make the fold.
           In this specific origami, I learned that looking ahead in your diagrams is okay, and it will, for sure make your life easier when it comes to folding. You can look a step or two ahead even if the book doesn't say it.
            Overall, I thought my Llama turned out pretty cute, and I enjoyed making it.



            Question: Do you prefer to learn origami through books, or Youtube?

Citation: Kasahara, Kunihiko. Origami Omnibus: Paper-folding for Everybody. Tokyo: Japan Publications, 1988. Print.

Jumping into Jurassic Park

            For this blog post, I experimented with a couple of origami, but none of them looked as cool as this brontosaurus. Well, of course it would look cool, since Origami Omnibus Paper Folding for Everyone states that "It is one of the largest reptiles of its kind," and it is also one of the larger origami of the dinosaur family since it would use 24cm by 24cm paper if a stegosaurus and tyrannosaurus were to use and 18cm by 18cm paper (Kasahara 294). Honestly, I really struggled with this origami since the diagrams really confused me, and the directions, in my opinion, were not clear enough. However, in the end, the result was not so bad, you can tell it's a dinosaur.
         



            This brontosaurus in particular taught me to keep moving forward and try your best even if you don't understand anything. As you can see, the Brontosaurus doesn't looks as clean as it should be, and you could see the folds where I messed up.


Overall, I had fun making this origami, even if I might've pulled my hair out once or twice due to the stress it gave me. In the picture I added a flower patterned paper because I didn't have a jungle like pattern paper. I added a background in general, to make it look less boring.





To conclude, I would like to recommend, before making this dinosaur, that you learn your arrow diagrams (look to the left). Since the arrows are sometimes confusing, and there are no words that will explain the arrows most of them time.









   

  What was the most prettiest origami you have ever seen?
       Citation: Kasahara, Kunihiko. Origami Omnibus: Paper-folding for Everybody. Tokyo: Japan Publications, 1988. Print.

Origami Fox

Hello fellow classmates!
   
Origami was something that I really enjoyed doing, but recently, due to school, I wasn't able to. So for this 2nd quarter reading project I have decided to do origami. For this project I am reading a book called Origami Omnibus Paper Folding for Everybody. For this blog,  I decided to start with something easy! But truthfully, it was a lot harder than I expected it to be. There were certain folds that I haven't heard in a long time such as "inside reverse fold" and try not to ruin the curved planes, which were both on page 255.
But thanks to the diagrams, I was able to pull through and create an origami Fox.

From the book, I was able to expand my knowledge on origami folds. I now remember what inside reverse fold meant, after a bit of struggling. 

The following pictures are the instructions that you guys can follow to make the same fox! 

What is the hardest fold you made for this origami fox?

Citation: Kasahara, Kunihiko. Origami Omnibus: Paper-folding for Everybody. Tokyo: Japan Publications, 1988. Print.