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Origami Nature Study by Shuki Kato

  • Posted on 2022.09.22
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Reason for recommendation: Best overall single-authored instructional origami book I have seen, judging by the quality of designs, folding sequences, diagramming, etc. No, I’m not saying that I’ve seen a lot of instructional books (definitely not as much as those book collectors at least), but it’s hard to imagine an even better book than this […]

Diagramming with Inkscape

  • Posted on 2022.04.23
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Recently I finally completed my first computer-drawn diagram featuring one of my most queried models, Seigaiha without cuts. It was quite an interesting task and I really learned a lot from it. In this article, I would like to share some of my thoughts on drawing diagrams. The diagram is for sell on my Ko-fi […]

First experience of origami exhibition

  • Posted on 2022.03.02
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Some of you might have noticed that I recently wrote a series of articles about my old works dated years ago. I did that in preparation for an origami exhibition that I’m participating in for the first time, which takes place in Miaobei Art Center from March 2nd to April 17th. The exhibition is orchestrated […]

Fancy Goldfish (Carassius auratus), 2016

  • Posted on 2022.02.21
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In goldfish terminology, "fancy" means double-tailed. They were first documented in the Ming Dynasty (C.E. 1368-1644) of China. From an evolution perspective, such mutation is detrimental as it makes them incapable of swimming faster and thus less competitive for natural selection. Goldfish breeders, however, do love such appearance, and various breeds has been kept ever […]

Cockatoo (family Cacatuidae), 2017

  • Posted on 2022.02.21
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This design wasn’t exactly based on particular species of Cockatoo, but it more or less resembles the sulphur-crested cockatoo, yellow-crested cockatoo, or the Major Mitchell’s cockatoo (without the color changing effect). To be honest, I didn’t thoroughly study cockatoo species and anatomy before I work on this design, so I made several mistakes on my […]

Seigaiha without cuts, 2015

  • Posted on 2022.02.19
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I had mentioned this work in my previous article Senbazuru from a single uncut square, and in this article, I would talk more about the background of this design. In the history of origami, the earliest known publication dedicated to recreational paper folding (as opposed to ceremonial folding) is Hiden Senbazuru Orikata (meaning "the secret […]

Micrathena sagittata, 2017

  • Posted on 2022.02.16
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A general rule of thumb for origami design is that long, thin appendages should be allocated on the corners or the edges of the sheet for better efficiency. For spider subjects, most designers would choose to allocate all legs on the edges in an octagon formation, since using the corners would lead to an asymmetric […]

American Lobster (Homarus americanus), 2016

  • Posted on 2022.02.15
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This model was in some sense a tribute to John Montroll, who is the first person in origami history to accomplish the same subject from a single uncut square, with the correct number of major appendages, which was published in Animal Origami for the Enthusiast (1985). I try to use the smallest possible grid size […]

African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), 2016

  • Posted on 2022.02.14
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This model means a lot to me, as it was my first design that takes more than 100 steps to fold, and it was also the very first design I sent to Robert J. Lang in our correspondence. I still remember how he enjoyed folding this model, and how his words of encouragement drove me […]

Geography of Origami – A Brief Introduction to the Edge-River Method

  • Posted on 2021.12.12
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Recently I had been discussing my edge-river method (ERM) with several folders on Discord and received fairly good responses. I even began to observe several successful designs emerge from it, so I think it’s about time that I briefly write about the subject. My goal here is to give a quick idea of what ERM […]

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