February is a month full of celebration, but finding time to relax can be hard with that endless barrage of midterms! o.oTreat yourself to a well-deserved break at the upcoming Weekly Folds: Year of the Ox | Sat. 2/6/2021 3-5 PM ESTThe event will begin with a quick icebreaker: 2 truths and 1 lie about… Continue reading Lunar New Year + Valentine’s Origami

≡☆ 1/30/21 3-5 PM EST ☆≡      Origami Godzilla has been a great threat to U of T, but he now defends us against the vicious King Ghidorah. ( ⚆ _ ⚆ )    Watch this battle between terrible kaiju unfold before your eyes as you attempt Takaya Inoue’s 123-step Godzilla or Keiichi Kozasa’s 174-step King… Continue reading Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Hope everyone is having a good start to the semester! One of the models featured at last week’s Oritalkers workshop was a 2D blintz modular. It relied on a strong locking mechanism to form a flower-like pattern. 💮 While modular origami are typically relaxing to fold, some of you may have noticed that it quickly… Continue reading Tessellations!! ❀

Here’s a cozy workshop to cap off the semester! On Saturday 12/5/20 3-5 PM EST, we will fold Jo Nakashima’s Tree v2. It’s modular, so prepare 1+ sheets of similarly-coloured paper for the leaf section and 1 stump-coloured paper if you want to make the base as well. 🎄 Running out of green paper? Try using… Continue reading Jo Nakashima Tree v2 🎄

Tonari no To to ro Totoro 🍃To ronto Toronto! ❄ Bring the whimsy of Studio Ghibli movies into the real world on November 28th, 3-5 PM EST. UTFOLD will feature three Ghibli-themed models: Jiji (Kiki’s Delivery Service), Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro), and Kaonashi/No-face (Spirited Away). The meeting will be held in the ‘workshops’ voice channel… Continue reading Studio Ghibli