Origami

I said in my very first post that I intend this blog as a sort of online scrapbook. So this is a bit of stuff that I find interesting that I have just grouped together to look back on later!

I am obviously rather fond of Japanese things (I received some very beautiful origami paper as one of my Christmas presents) and so when I saw THIS amazing video, I was pretty excited.

Still from the video of Robert Lang folds way-new origami... watch the video!

Now I cannot actually do origami myself. I managed a few cranes when I was in Japan but I have not managed to make one since. What I found really interesting about this video was the design techniques. I want to have a think about how I can apply this do my own attempts at designing stuff - after I've finished my dissertation on Ovid... eventually...

But this is pretty incredible:

Though of course there is already lots of jewellery literally mimicking origami such as www.origamijewellery.com. The silver swan is probably my favorite.

And it is impossible to mention origami without thinking of the 1000 cranes, so here is a beautiful and eco-friendly example using the Metro as the materials.

http://www.ecouterre.com/extreme-origami-an-upcycled-gown-made-from-1000-newspaper-cranes/

That is all for now!

xxx