Flexing, flexing, flexing…
I’m working on a book about Flexagons and Kaleidocycles – here’s a short test flex of a “flexicube”, one hand to hold the camera, one to flex ;)...
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Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen – almost
Sadly, Lucasfilm have decided to withdraw the license for a proposed Star Wars origami book. And it was all going so well, with permission from Kawahata to use his classic “Yoda”…. “Success, fame,...
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One of my young students created their own model ;) … Continue reading →
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Review – Six Simple Twists by Benjamin DiLeonardo-Parker
CRC Press Softback 118 pages 8”x10” ISBN 978-1-4822-4461-8 The author’s name is new to me, he is a “working origami pattern artist” based in Connecticut who specialises in origami tessellations. I...
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Fishy Business
I’m looking for simple to intermediate fish designs for a new book – please send me your creations!
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Leipzig is calling you James…
Off to Leipzig/Weimar to discuss this years Didaktiks Conferenz with my fellow organisers – Ich frue Mich darauf ;) Bonus points if you can identify the musical pun in the title..
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Every picture tells a story
I’m trying to source new gallery photos for my “encyclopaedia” book, which is being reprinted and gives me the chance to add some different (and better) images of the latest material – the book is 10...
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Another book project looms, offering models that display the maximum amount of paper, which will be decorated with patterns. Folding the models should be an opportunity to relax, rather than struggle...
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Lesson via skype
I’ve just given my first commercial origami lesson using skype, with a young girl from Manchester pictured below (pixellated for privacy). I’d invested in a new webcam and used software to integrate an...
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Folding for Science Week
Looking forward to my folding sessions in Stocksbridge! Sunday March 13th 10.00am – 12.00: Introductory workshop A guide to origami for complete beginners, focussing on interesting designs, folding...
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When I woke up I realised it was just a bream
A shark created today for my Fishygami book ;)
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There’s a plaice for us….
I’ve nearly haddock enough of these darn fish, here’s today’s slippery customer, need to work on the eyes ;)
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British Science Week
I recently ran some sessions as part of British Science Week, in a venue called the Inman Pavilion, in Stocksbridge. The sessions included; Sunday March 13th 10.00am – 12.00: Introductory workshop – A...
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Kuni Kasahara
Here’s a treasured photo of me with my hero, Kuni. Taken in Freising by Paulo Mulatihno ;)
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And it’s goodnight from him….
Farewell to the “other” Ronnie, (Corbett) who passed today. One of their scripts inspired this creation…
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Good Cod, nearly fin-ished
The artwork for my Fishigami book is now complete and is the hands of the inestimable Himanshu, who is proof-folding them. The last few designs of mine took some drawing, since I kept finding better...
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Kit Gigante Origami – 10 Fantasie Kimono
Produced by the same publishers as “Intriguing Origami” and “British Origami” and companion to an earlier package, four new sets of diagrams were commissioned for the enclosed booklet, along with 300...
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Fish Fingers
Another design created for my fishigami book ;) and it has a bonus feature if you hold it up to the light ;)
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Have started to update the non-blog parts of my site, which has been gathering dust for a while. I hope you like it!
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