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Paper is an everyday material we come across and use in our daily lives. All my life I've used paper for various purposes except one: origami.
Creating, using, or designing anything in 3D form has always been a weakness of mine. I usually coward away from the task but not anymore. For this project, I decided origami was a good fit to explore paper as a crafty material for three-dimensional designing. I remember origami being a huge craft in my childhood. While I participated by watching, everyone else was folding away, including my grandmother who helped popularized this origami movement in our neighborhood. I hope this project's process will help me hone some crafting skills and build a foundation for 3D designing. I'll be making three iterations, choosing three different forms or tutorials from this blogger's master list. Other sources for this process will come from YouTube tutorials, fellow bloggers, Pinterest, and DIY projects.
Let the folding begin.
Hi Silvia, your project sounds interesting. Maybe for your iterations, you can think about forming different things that all make up to tell a story for your final iteration, where they all seem connected or forming some sort of sculpture out of your origami for the final. Something to think about but sounds good so far
ReplyDeleteThanks Yadira! I was wondering what should my final iteration be. I think perhaps for the first two I'll simply experiment with formation and types of paper I'll be using. For the final one, forming a sculpture or a connection sounds great! If all goes according to plan, I’m hoping to make a set. Hopefully I can showcase the techniques I learned from the first two iterations in the final one. Thanks for the input!
DeleteNice! All the best!
DeleteThis is a really neat approach to the project Silvia. Sometimes just the materials used for a type of art can really pull us in. I'm a bit paper-obsessed, myself. Did you see the record-sized paper that was made last month? So cool: http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/05/26/takehiko-inoue-helps-make-record-breaking-sheet-of-japanese-paper/
ReplyDeleteThank you Tara, I just finished my first iteration and it wasn't as well-done as I had planned. But I did get to experiment with different types of paper actually! I'll explain further in a new post. This article is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this with me.
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ReplyDeleteHi Silvia! Origami was a big part of my childhood and it still is. For me it more than just a hobby and craft; origami is performed as a part of a ritual. Among my Chinese relatives and friends, origami work is a symbol of well-wishing. It is considered good luck to give origami as a gift. A popular tradition for adolescent Asian girl is for her to fold 100 stars or cranes, and make a wish after she is done.
ReplyDeleteIt is going to be interesting to learn more about origami from a Westerner’s perspective. I would love to hear about how your grandma popularized origami. Thank your for your insightful research on the history of origami by the way. I was intrigued to learn about how origami took its momentum in the West in Spain.
That's really interesting! Did any of your friends from childhood completed the task of making 100 stars or cranes? My friends never finished. Plus, there were local stores that sold the completed figurines in jars as well-wishing gifts. We opted for that since it was easier haha.
DeleteThank you Lucy! I'll go into more depth in later posts. I hope your project is going well!
It was amazing to see your final iterations. I'm so accustomed to seeing flat, dull origamis but it was interesting to see you taking a twist on this craft in using different patterns within the origami and almost a 3D effect. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Yadira! That means a lot to me. You did an amazing job with your crochet project as well. Hopefully I'll see you around school wearing your project!
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