Exploring paper art and crafts for fun and meditation
here are many origami models based on traditional Japanese culture, but as the craft has spread, other cultures have slowly joined in. I didn’t find many Indian origami designs growing up, so several years...
he origami bird base opens up a whole collection of great models to you. The bird base gets its name from the traditional crane, but let’s use it to create a very modern design,...
rigami cranes are the most recognisable of the traditional Japanese folded paper models. The origami crane has become an icon for the art of paper folding itself and all the cultural artifacts that surround...
seful origami is under appreciated. This simple and easy to fold bookmark fits onto the corner of the page and it’s a treasure if you love reading. Because the design includes a tab, you...
here are a few basic paper planes that are fun to fly. Besides the simple paper dart covered in a previous video, this is one of the simplest ones. As a kid, I always...
lowers are some of the most popular origami models. There’s hundreds of types you can make, many of them very intricate and complex. To start though, something simple like this very easy origami tulip...
e’ve seen the paper pinwheel shape which I hint at in the double-hulled boat video, but this one is different and exciting. It’s simpler than it seems once you get the hang of it,...
odels that fold paper in an unexpected way and produce results that are a lot more impressive than the work you put in are always great. This simple origami butterfly is one such wonder...
Paper boats are a lot of fun. No rainy day should be without one. Which only means that double boats, with two hulls, are double the fun. Here’s how to make an easy version....
retty much the first thing most people discover in origami is some sort of bird model. Usually the traditional crane, but there are a lot of origami birds, and many of them can be...
rigami creates many fine sharp shapes because of the way paper folds. This is the reason why there are so many bird models in the craft. The forms of birds fit very well with...