My first online sale!

Curly Kusudama in progress

In the last two weeks, I sold two of my Origami creations online through ItsHandmade.in, which lets individuals sell their stuff through their website. Initially I was going to ship the model I already had, made by my son, but it was a bit soiled, so I made this Kusudama ball from scratch. It uses 60 squares (10.8cm) of 6 colours, from 12 sheets of Frabriano colour copy paper. The folding time was about 3 hours. The Fedex pickup guy was on the dot, and I had to ask him to come back in a few minutes so that I could pack it in a clean shoebox!

Here is what the end product looked like.


The first item I sold was a Spiral Star (design by Tomoko Fuse), made with 4 sheets of metallic embossed paper.

Here is the link to my online 'shop':

http://art-of-folding.itshandmade.in/

ItsHandMade

This site was launched earlier this year, and they are based in Bangalore. Out of curiosity, I signed up and posted a couple of items, giving them an approximate price, lead time, etc. And 2 weeks ago I was pleasantly surprised to see a mail saying that I had an order! In fact I had almost missed the email as I am used to ignoring the regular updates from the site! And then the second order came, which was delivered yesterday.

I am glad to see a few other Origami items on sale at the site, such as lamps and coasters.

Origami for Dasara display

Origami for Dasara display

I am back with the blog after a long break. I have been busy teaching a student and making various models for her Dasara display. We have been doing animals such as peacocks, elephants, dogs and rabbits, decorative stuff such as Kusudama (curled, glued, etc.), Borromean triangles, etc.


Borromean Triangles

Boromean triangles have been in use for over a thousand years, and are also known as Odin's Triangles.

It consists of three interlinked triangles (sometimes rings). If any one of the triangles is removed, the other two also get separated. Because of this property, it is used as a symbol of unity and cooperation.





Enneagram

Enneagram or Nonagram is a nine-pointed star. A regular nonagram such as the one shown here is used as a symbol of the Bah'ai faith. It is constructed from three equilateral triangles.

Here is a combination of the Borromean triangles and the regular nonagram!












Back to Jaaga this weekend

I am back at Jaaga, conducting two Beginner workshops in Origami on Friday and Saturday at 5pm. Contact me at art dot folding at gmail dot com if you are interested in attending.

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