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[cblj_backup]

I folded a spinning top yesterday morning -- linked to me by flamebyrd -- to calm my RIDICULOUS nerves over the interview. Which only semi-worked because it's immensely frustrating to try blitz-folding a single piece of paper THAT MANY TIMES. And then to have to do it three times.

It came out rather nicely, though. All the bits fit together in a really clever way. And it looks pretty awesome when you spin it!

This week, the origami calendar having failed me completely, I went ranging the internet and ended up today in Thailand, I believe Vietnam, apparently, where I folded another rabbit. There's something perpetually endearing about origami rabbits. They're always charming.

I don't know that I managed to do every fold for this one, but considering the creator wet-folded it with real origami paper and I was doing it with thick calendar paper, I think I achieved the overall gist, the essence if you will, of "rabbit".

Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the original origami pioneers were all about the intricate complex three-dimensional geometry of stuff like your top, or the modular things you post sometimes, and then some slacker kid took it and went 'Hey look, I totally made a rabbit!' and the hoi polloi went 'OMG!' and the whole craze for animal origami started ... which would make animal origami like the YouTube cat videos of ancient Japan.

[calliope-jones.livejournal.com]

LOL! This!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

It would explain why the cranes, as I know frustrates you, look nothing like cranes. :D

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I like the 'crane' as a paper sculpture design in and of itself, but yeah, it looks nothing like an actual crane. If you leave the 'tail' down instead of folding it up like the head it does look a little more craney, though arguably more like an emu ...

[kallaneboi.livejournal.com]

You ended up in Vietnam, actually. And that bunny is ADORABLE.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

AHA! Vietnam! Changed it :D Thank you!

[ncp.livejournal.com]

According to my 3 1/2 year-old, the one on top is a pinwheel, which is pretty damn close. Unfortunately, he thinks the one on the bottom is an aeroplane. I'm gonna split the difference and say "least aerodynamic rabbit ever".

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL! Three-year-old identification :D It does look a bit winged, I suppose...

[rednwhiterose.livejournal.com]

What do you do with all these origami creations once you've posted about them? I'm picturing some shelf somewhere in your humble abode or office area overflowing in origami.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

As a grad student, when I had one of the origami calendars, I used to tape them up on the wall of our office. Now I just throw them out, mostly. :)

[twillery.livejournal.com]

You should place them around places you go to! Mysterious Gifty Origami!^^

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'll have to save some up and do that :D

[leonie-alastair.livejournal.com]

I saw this article and it seemed germane.

http://flavorwire.com/201850/anja-markiewiczs-stunningly-small-origami#more-201850

This would cut down on storage space for finished projects :P

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

OH SO AWESOME. And yeah, saves on paper too! :D