We hope your winter break was filled with good times! Welcome back to a new semester of origami fun~ To kick things off, Perry will be teaching us how to make an intermediate/advanced-level rabbit modelled by Gen Hagiwara, so lets hop to it! ／(=´x`=)＼ Since Perry’s rabbit has 86 steps, Christian will teach an easier… Continue reading Rabbit
The Ant Lion is a 30-unit modular piece. Paper will be provided. Tweezers or any other thin tool are recommended for easier and more consistently-sized curls. This week, there will be extended office hours (1/3/20, 3-7 PM) in SC 532, the UTFOLD/UTAMA clubroom. This would be easier to teach with more time and fewer people,… Continue reading Ant Lion
All hail modular origami! Finally, after a long semester of traditional models, we can finally sneak my favourite form of origami back into the club spotlight. (╯✧ ∇ ✧)╯ Join us on 12/6 for an exciting collaboration with UofT It’s All About Math (IAAM). We will fold the flexiball, which is a beginner-intermediate difficulty model… Continue reading Origami Flexiball with IAAM
Life uh… finds a way, and this time, it’s through origami! Although these dinos could pack a mean punch, they’d also apparently make for great pets. At 34 steps, you have the Protoceratops designed by Kawahata. Protoceratops are herbivores that om nom nommed on Cretaceous plants with their hook-like beaks and strong jaws. Maybe if… Continue reading Origami Dinosaurs
This Friday, we are collaborating with Healing Sounds of Music (HSM). The models are the beginner-friendly fourth and eighth notes. It will be possible to fold multiple notes during the session. We’ll draw a staff bar on the board for anyone who wants to contribute, they can temporarily stick their note(s) on, so that we… Continue reading Healing Sounds of Music (HSM) & UTFOLD Present… A Musical Collaboration
Poof! Swish~ Bop! Tessellations origami is magical, and something we humans can appreciate as the world’s best pattern recognizers. With just a bit of patience and precision, this origami can be very relaxing. The model difficulty depends on how much you want to tessellate (how much of the pattern you want to fit on the… Continue reading Tessellations
Belief in mythological animals has long since died down, but we can bring them to life with origami! The Kirin is a dragon-unicorn chimera with East-Asian origin that became associated with the giraffe. On the other hoof, Sleipnir is an 8-legged horse from Norse mythos; it was ridden by Odin and considered the apex of… Continue reading Mythological Animals
