Origami - The Queerest Bird of all

Among all the birds, the Owl is the most widely created piece in origami.  Most obviously because of its distinctive face - large eyes, sharp hooked beak and large wide rounded head. 

If  you can still remember the poem, it was called a nasty word - queer (strange) bird.

THE OWL

 Of all the queer birds, I ever did see,
the owl is the queerest by far for me.
for all day long, she sits on a tree,
and when the night comes, away flies she!!!

Yes, readily, a person can immediately identify a folded owl piece with its striking features.

Great Horned Owl - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GreatHornedOwl-Wiki.jpg



To me, the owl brings happiness with its funny good looks.  Other than that, it is actually always use to promote "smartness".

I have folded my first origami owl using a Jacky HF Chan design as below.  Again, its a simple model but its like "poetry in motion" when making it.



My folded owls in my daughters' bedroom

Below is the link to Jacky's HF Chan owl origami tutorial for your enjoyment.

Have a nice day!

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Origami - Who wants a Bulldog?

My favorite origamist from Hongkong is Jacky Chan HF (陳漢輝) as he makes art pieces that are very simple, beautiful and more importantly, easy to make (i.e. his works are mostly ranked for intermediate level skills only).

A current design of his bulldog caught my daughters' attention and I have never stopped making them in my spare time.  

The most fun part is I was able to make and share them with a lot of kids as I volunteer at the local house of the Missionaries of Charity here.  So heartwarming to see children smile away their worries ...

Here are some of the dogs ready for adoption / distribution for the coming weekend.

Little orphan bulldogs

For those interested to make them, I am posting his tutorial video below for your enjoyment.  



Please feel free to write him a note if you have any difficulty in making the model.

Enjoy and have a nice day!