Extended ToolboxMy first new design, the toolbox, got a fairly good reception on the Origami forum at Flickr. I have created a crease pattern for it.
I tried to extend the toolbox to get different compartments, and here is the result. Unfortunately the corners become open, which makes it not very practical. Still, I am hoping that someone can take it up and fix it.
This is a traditional design using pleating again. The pleating is done diagonally on a square, resulting in the nice pattern. Once the pleating is done, the two central pleats are used, and the ends are looped around to lock the model.
Bowl
I had made a vase with this piece of banana paper before, and I decided to try and make a bowl using the same paper.
The design is to fold pleats in two directions, with the vertical ones being of equal size, and the horizontal ones overlapping. You then have to pull the outer pleat to the required angle, and press to make a new fold. This was folded completely freehand, which explains the odd shapes here and there.
An Icosahedron is a regular polygon with 20 triangular faces. This model is made with 30 triangular edge units.
Video instructions here.
Ice Cream Cup, Folded
I liked the nice pattern on the cup, so I decided to make something out of it. I do similar things out of paper cups as well, which I need to post sometime.
Flea Market and Weekly Classes
I and my son packed up all the "upcycled" Origami that we had and set up a table at the Second to None Flea Market at Jaaga a couple of weeks back. We were there all afternoon, but sales were disappointing. But we learnt something about what people are likely to buy, and how much they would like to pay for Origami. People seemed to like the DNA model (double helix) which can be hung on a string to catch the wind, and boxes.
The weekly class is going to start from next week, at 6pm every Saturday, for 90 minutes. I hope to finish the 6 hours in 4 weeks.
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