18 Nov
This is just to note that I’ve put up a new tutorial on instructables.com, this one on a model we blogged here some time back, the Spiral Data Tato. Really, it’s just been a excuse for me to learn how to use the movie setting on my camera and embed the youtubes and such.
Posted in A4, cd holder, content, crease pattern, creative commons, letter paper, open source origami, origata, tato, tsutsumi, twist, utilitarian by: oschene
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29 Apr
Yeah, there’s a contest over at Instructables.com and I’ve never been much for contests, but this one has a really cool prize — an SD card with Wi-Fi built in. Got to say, that caught my eye. If you’ve already folded one of these, you could certainly give this a go-by. Nothing new here. Well, […]
Posted in A4, card wallet, content, crease pattern, open source origami, rectangle, tato, twist, utilitarian by: oschene
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30 Jul
Sure, the Icosahedral Twist Box is great, but a little bland. You could soup it up with some fancy paper, maybe, or you could go with my original conception and make a World Box. The World Box is in honor of the first international exhibition on origami tessellations, July 29th through August 6th at the […]
Posted in A4, content, rectangle, twist, utilitarian by: oschene
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30 Jul
This is ambi-epistolary – hey-ho, there’s a nonce-word for the ages! Yes, ambi-epistolary, it can be made with equal facility out of letter paper of either persuasion, A4 or American 8½ ×11″. How’s that for thinking globally? You make two pieces and one fits into the other. Or the other way around. The male becomes […]
Posted in A4, content, crease pattern, letter paper, modular, open source origami, rectangle, sequenced crease pattern, twist, utilitarian by: oschene
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10 Dec
Dreidl is a Yiddish word meaning “top” or “little spinning thing.” Geflocktne means “twisted” or “interwoven.” I’m not in the least sure about the inflection – please feel free to send corrections. This one is showing nun up, meaning that you win nichts, nada, niente, nichievo, not so much. Spin again, please. At Hanukkah, it […]
Posted in A4, content, creative commons, dreidel, dreidl, golden rectangle, letter paper, rectangle, twist, utilitarian by: oschene
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14 Aug
CP (American Letter) CP (A4) Slideshow Update: now there’s an instructables.com tutorial with video and everything! It all started in a Marketing and Recruiting meeting at this telecom call center I was working for. It was at the height of the dot-com idiocy and I must admit, I was being just as idiotic as the […]
Posted in A4, cd holder, content, letter paper, tsutsumi, twist by: oschene
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