Tavin's Origami: News
For an art-project I'm currently working on I want to design a Gun. As I was trying to figure out how to so this, I stumbeled upon this model. A simplye tube with an L shape. I folded it from one A4 sheet. This is my first attempt, so please forgive me the imperfections of this fold. What I like about this model is the fact that it isn't flat and the way I made it hold itself together. Also it should be easy to make S and U shaped tubes with the same aproach.
This is a Gift I wrapped recently.
If one asks where origami originated from most people will answer "Japan". But is this really the right answer?
Yesterday a friend challenged me to make an paper ant. This is what I came up with:
In this series I'd like to share with you what I fold. To be precise: models that are new to me and I'm freshly folding.


Here's some neat footage of the Origami Museum in Tokyo. I wish the video quality were a little better, but I still love checking out these origami villages and stuff. :D
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Think Big, Fold Big That's a real big origami model; only in Japan!
Sadako Sasaki was a Girl from Japan who apperently survived the dropping of the A-Bomb over Hiroshima unharmed. But when she turned twelve it became obvious that she had leukemia as an aftermath of the A-bomb. As she was in hospital friends visited her and one of them folded an Origami Crane for her telling her the story of the 1000 cranes that grand you a wish. Hoping for cure she began to fold. At this point stories begin to vary some say she made it and continued as nothing happen after...
Sher Christopher does some amazing things with paper. It's not exactly origami, but it's very inspirational. She makes beautiful, complex figurines out of paper. Definitely check it out!
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Raven This is an PDF File containing a digramm for my Origami Raven
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TIE Fighter Do you like Starwars? You'll gonna love this: an Origami Tie Fighter
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How to fold a ship This Ship is an origami classic, easy to do and it floats well.
