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Workshops in Lincoln
I’ve got two workshops this wednesday in Lincoln, one is sold out, not sure about the other. It’s part of a Japanese festival. Not sure about the image they chose from my site to promote this, I’m now...
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Interpretation…
Just been admiring some extraordinarily detailed origami hermit crabs, complete with legs, antennae, eye stalks etc. What a wonderful art where that can happily co-exist alongside my own minimalist...
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I went for a hot choccy in the lovely Cafe#9 in Sheffield and saw some advanced origami tesselations lying around. I asked who made them – “that guy sat outside”! So I met Matt Jones, a local artist...
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I’m not wildly ego-driven, but it is nice when you get words of praise. I recently had a moving email from Jake E Hobbs, a guitarist (like me) who has gone deaf in one ear. I can only begin to imagine...
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Llarga Catalunya viu
Just back from an extraordinary weekend in Badalona at the A-PLEC conference. Exhausting n both the mind and the feet, it was an opportunity to make many wonderful new friends and to learn about...
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Kit Gigante Origami / Coffret Geant Origami
Produced by the same publishers as “Intriguing Origami” and “British Origami”, this takes a few designs from the former and re-packages them with loads of highly patterned paper, albeit somewhat...
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I’ve added the truly wonderful google translate plugin (on the right) – please re-read every post in your own language!
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Focal Plane
just finished the photography for my forthcoming book “Idiots Guide to Paper Planes. Curious how I’ve been singled out to write both Dummies and Idiots guides ;)
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commercial work
some recent creations for Provident Personal Insurance ;) Work for Provident Personal Insurance
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World Origami Day
For World Origami Day – http://www.origami.gr.jp/WOD/2015/index-e.html
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Historical paper planes
Nathalie Mornu told me about a fascinating article on old paper planes, appropriate since I’m working on the final stages of the Idiots Guide to Paper Planes (keep your jokes to yourself please)...
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Idiots Guide – geometric origami
The contributors copies of this book have gone out. Francesco Guarnieri wrote: “I received today, my copy of the book, Thanks Nick!“ Delighted to present your beautiful work to the world Francesco!
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When you wish upon a (Death) Star
Working on ideas for a possible Star Wars origami book – if you have any elegant designs (multi-piece OK) that havenot been commercially published, please get in touch. For the main characters, I need...
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Fishy bizness
Somewhat crazily, I’m obliged to make & photograph examples of all designs from a published book, because a US publisher feels the paper should match the free patterned paper. However, I’m a...
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Lanesfield School December 2015
John Farrell has been doing amazing work for the past few years with his students at Lanesfield School in Wolverhampton. He has started an origami club and the work they are producing is amazing! I ran...
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New projects
I’m working on two books devoted to “flexagons” and “containers” – if you have an original design you’d like considering, please send me images. Below a flexagon (or more correctly, a “flipper”?) I’ve...
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Interesting article in the Telegraph recently, written by Laura Freeman – she rang me up and we spoke for some time about how origami seems to be “on trend” at the moment. … Continue reading →
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Moremindfullnessigami!
Michaela Bertsch had an article about her folding work in the Irish Independent. It included some words of wisdom(?) from me ;)
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British Science Week
I’m running some workshops for British Science Week, on “Paper-folding, Science and Geometry” from 13th March 2016 at the Inman Pavilion, Grenoside, More details and booking information here.
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