Origami Creations - Fascinating Whale Shark

I was trying to make an origami design for a whale shark for a long while.  This is due to a wonderful experience encounter as I have blogged here. 

Finally, I got the chance to find a whale shark origami model from one of my good friend Shunichi Ashimura.

Cool proportions

It's not quite perfect but I very much enjoyed this piece ...  a flood of wonderful memories feels my heart to the brim.

Have a great week!

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Origami Creations - Birds of the same feathers

To continue my last post on Birds, here are some more folds that I made during the holidays.  They are simple birds folds but I get to learn some techniques in their design which I can use for my own.

Hummingbird by the famous british origamist Edwin Corrie is an enjoyable fold. You can read more about him here.

Simple yet sublime

It's design is simple but the proportions are quite accurate.

Cool swallow in a pink nest

Next is the swallow by my japanese origamist FB friend Ashimura Shunichi.  I did a small variation on its tail to make it appear longer.

Flying Cardinal

Last one is the Cardinal by Seth Friedman.  Another intricate fold but awesome dual color design.

Again, he has freely shared a detailed tutorial for this model which I you can find below:

Hope you've enjoyed it!

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Origami Creations: Something with Horns

As the chinese new year of the goat is coming soon, I have been searching for some inspiration to design one.  Fortunately, I was able to encounter Shunichi Ashimura's goat design.

Look at this impressive model.

Lovely proportions and color change

I enjoyed the body shaping and more importantly to have both horns and ears on its head.  This will be a great challenge for me but quite a helpful learning experience to be able to fold this model.

Hope to be able to design one before the big CNY!

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Origami Creations - Little Cute Bird

So fortunate to have befriended a person who share my passion for making simple origami.  He is also a very generous person who shares his designs freely in his FB site.  The name is Shunichi Ashimura.

I have folded his works before and posted here.  Now, I'm doing his Little Bird creation.

Cool lighting makes Little Bird even more impressive

Quite impressed with his designs and so excited to do more of his works.  He actually has more new models against my limited free time to make them.  Hope I can have his speed and talent!

Have  a wonderful week!

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Origami Creation - Beautiful Ballerinas

Just got a new cool and generous japanese friend in FB who makes very interesting origami pieces and freely shares them with everyone.  His name is Shunichi Ashimura.  You may view his works here.

I love the simplicity of his creations and their unconventional folding sequence.  The first one I folded was his ostrich design with the photo diagram can be found here.

Cool, huh!

Then, he showed his ballerina design which is pretty awesome. 

In dance and in a sitting pose.
 

Actually, the model is missing an arm (dancing) and a leg (sitting) but the beauty of the piece overshadows these deficiencies.  What do you think?

If you might be interested to try the dancing piece, here is the link.  The sitting ballerina was my re-engineering which you may easily get by looking at this photo.

Hope you enjoyed my folds and have a great week!

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