Setting the Crease
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I am Peter (wonko) Whitehouse. I have been folding Origami since first introduced to it as an 11 year old who was entertaining a house guest at the time. Always on the look out for new designs, this blog will hopefully capture some interesting models. Key models discussed are animal, blarg, domestic, plant, and geometry.
Setting the Crease
2w ago
When I first read Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series of books, it was the mid 70’s and I was a teenager. The expansive universe captured my imagination like little else. Dune Part 2 has just been released in cinemas, and the Denis Villeneuve adaptation is visually stunning. On planet Arrakis (Dune), a chosen method of air ..read more
Setting the Crease
1M ago
Grommit, you forgot the crackers!!! Scrolling through this year’s JOISEL AWARD entrants, I noticed a lovely little Rocketship designed and folded by Zhu Yandan, from China – it was released with a crease pattern (CP) so I thought it worth a try. I used a technique called “Ghost Creasing”, where ONLY the needed creases are ..read more
Setting the Crease
1M ago
For a system to be considered “Turing Complete”, it must be able to be used for completing any computational problem. In the world of DIGITAL Turing Complete setups, these computations are achieved using simpler binary operations (like NOT, AND, OR, NOR, etc.). In a paper recently released by Mathematicians Thomas C. Hull and Inna Zakharevich ..read more
Setting the Crease
1M ago
Everyone called Charlie Brown “Blockhead”, and I began wondering what that would look like: I had recently folded Boice Wong‘s astonishing pair of figures called “Emptyhead” (I named them Dumb and Dumber), so started there, and re-familiarised myself with the crease pattern, devising a smoother collapse (as I adopted the much criticised method of “parachuting ..read more
Setting the Crease
1M ago
I had forgotten how wonderful it was to lose yourself in a fold, particularly an Eric Joisel design: I decided it was time to re-fold Joisel’s Cat because … the last time I attempted it back in 2011 (as part of the original 365 project) she turned out barely recognisable: Naturally, the cat is looking ..read more
Setting the Crease
2M ago
The majestic “Bin Chicken” is, sadly, an aussie icon – those black-headed ibis emerge from the deepest, moistest corners of a ripe dumpster, dripping bin juice. Yes, I KNOW that an Egret is not an IBIS (the beak is different and the body colouration is different… but… creative license). This is Jeong Jae Il’s “Egret ..read more
Setting the Crease
2M ago
Matt shared a 2015 design on Fakebook recently, so I decided that given it is nearly Chinese New YEar, and it is a “Year of the Dragon”, folding a dragon I had not yet attempted was a good idea: This dragon, in structure, is similar to Kamiya’s Ryujin 1.2 (in sheet layout at least), but ..read more
Setting the Crease
2M ago
After acquiring a copy of “Potential Origami” by top Korean Origami designers, I was struck with a choice – which astonishing model should I try first: It is well known that i love a bit of classical art, and am fond of a fullsome bosom, so decided on Han Ji Woo’s astonishing design based on ..read more
Setting the Crease
2M ago
I _may_ have mentioned I am a member of Papermakers and Artists of Queensland (PAQ). I was approached to contribute to a soon to be mounted gallery exhibition entitled “All Stitched Up”. I had no intention of contributing because … I don’t stitch, and integral to each work needed to be stitching. Stitch Artist Fee ..read more
Setting the Crease
2M ago
I recently opted in to a “fold along” workshop (at 1am-3am local time) with Gerardo at neorigami.com and a number of guest demonstrators. The first model was a square “Vase” designed by Samburu Kase: The process, starting with a “preliminary base” got me thinking about generalization of the algorithm to other regular polygons. The corner ..read more