Folding Origami

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This Hayden-Harnett blueberry leather 'Zeus Origami' east/west bag retails at $495.00, but is just $252.45 at Bluefly.com. A classic Hayden-Harnett bag will always be the quintessential piece for everyday style and ease. Color: Blueberry / Brandy. Torquoise top stiched supple leather with contrast trim and brasstone hardware. Studded flap over front pocket and rear slit pocket. Leather trimmed zip top closure.  

Yesterday, engineer Takuo Toda, president of the Japan origami aeroplane association, set a world flight record for a traditional-origami paper plane of 26.1 seconds. He's had longer flights, but they involved the use of scissors, tape, or other non-traditional materials. [via Neatorama] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Paper Crafts...  

The design of japanese origami art has inspired this 49 sqm apartment interior design located in Barcelona. One wall which separate all functions of the apartment made with this japanese origami art style in mind. ...  

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TODAY Sacramento State's Japan Club and members of the community will spend this Sunday folding one thousand paper cranes to send to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Japan. Sunday's event will be the Japan Club's second annual Origami-A-Thon. The Origami-A-Thon aims to promote world peace by folding one thousand paper cranes held together by strings.  

(TrendHunter.com) Origami housewares are a way of making the boring and mundane fun again. Most housewares are boring; furniture and shelves usually aren’t much to look at or get excited over. Origami furniture and shelves,…  

Image from the Guardian It's a world flight record even though it only lasted 26.1 seconds. Not your usual record, because it's origami, and it was achieved by the president of the Japan Origami Plane Association. Takuo Toda just missed matching his personal best of 27.9 seconds, but that one was with a plane that had been made with tape. This was one was made strictly in keeping with traditional rules of the ancient Japanese art; only...  

Sure, Won Park is a master origamist, who uses single dollar bills as his medium (tearing them is technically illegal btw, not sure about burning them for heat tho), but just as amazing is the garbage truck he's modified to live in which surpasses most apartments. Feng Shui in a garbage truck has made it the ultimate mobile home. Take a look at his work and his beautiful home on wheels here.  

(TrendHunter.com) We've featured some pretty fantastic origami over the years, but these pieces by Satoshi Kamiya are in a league of their own. He creates highly intricate sculptures from single pieces of paper, not missing…  

Based on Origami Kusadama Flowers by BERR-İ-N : Taylor H.'s craft creation for inspiration, or make your own version. ... Free. 10 minutes. Pretty Easy. This project is a version of Origami Kusadama Flowers. Origami Kusadama Flowers ...  

Between the Folds is a documentary about people who really really like origami. Between the Folds chronicles the stories of ten fine artists and intrepid theoretical scientists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at hard-earned graduate degrees -- all to forge unconventional lives as modern-day paperfolders. Kevin Kelly gave it a rave review on True Films and it's showing on PBS's Independent Lens this month. Tags: Between the Folds...  

Thinking of adding a unique idea to your holiday decoration. With the help of Origami you can add these simple things made from craft papers to your Christmas decoration. Best thing will be with this you are reducing the usage of plastic products!Contributor: David HarleyPublished: Dec 06, 2009  

Wooden Origami EarringsNice Lena's earrings are simple fun, and can be mixed and matched with any wardrobe. Japanese origami and decorative paper are fused on hand-painted wood disks, and sealed with glaze. Sterling-silver ear wire. Each wood piece is 1.25" and they measure, in total, about 3" with the stem. The fronts feature the pattern, while the back is a painted silver/gray wood.  

The SF Playhouse Presents the West Coast Premiere of ANIMALS OUT OF PAPERBroadway WorldOne night I was sitting on a Greyhound bus next to a woman who was folding origami and we started talking. She told me she teaches children origami, ...