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Introducing myself: William Gozali, an origami enthusiast from Indonesia.

I always have great interest in origami. Me as a kid would pick random paper, make it square, and fold simple model like fish, duck, or crane. As school responsibilities got heavier, I stopped doing origami.

One day at university's social event, my friend asked if I could do origami. As I was folding a simple model to show that person, I had flashback about the good old days of folding paper. I also remembered watching a Japanese TV show called "TV Champion", which one of the episode featured people folding crazy-complex origami like dragon. Being a computer science student at that time, I began to wonder if there is science behind it.

My question got answered when I discovered the book "Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art" from Robert J. Lang. The book was expensive for me, but it was totally worth it and mind-blowing. I started to learn the basic design principles like grafting, molecules, circle packing, and box pleating.

"The Book"

Fast forward to 2015, I went to Indonesian Origami Convention and met great Indonesian designers. They were super kind, and taught me modern design techniques. This made my interest in origami even deeper. It feels to me that origami is perfect mixture of science and art.

Now that I am more confident in origami design, and to do my part of sharing the knowledge, I started this blog. This will contain my experiences in origami. The origami that I will feature in this blog is the one that uses single square uncut paper.

Hopefully new artist can learn something from here.

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Origami Pukeko Chick

Pukeko, or Australasian swamphen, is endemic bird in New Zealand and its surrounding region. Their large legs with disproportionately long toes are useful to traverse swamps and marshes without sinking. What I made here is the chick version, infamous as "the damn bird" meme.

Origami Common Wildebeest

Common wildebeest (or gnu) is a type of large antelope with flat face, big & striped shoulder, mane on the back, and shaggy beard. Often featured in African savannah wildlife documentary, shown in massive herds that migrate in search of grazing area. Usually the next scene would be their death; eaten by lions, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, crocodiles -- you name it.

Origami Indonesian Crane

Red and white on both side This is my participation on a contest by Indonesian Origami Community called " Kompetisi Origami Merah Putih " (Red and White Origami Competition). The color red and white is reference to the flag of Indonesia, as the country will have its independence day celebration on 17th August.

Origami Crocodile

A simple crocodile foldable with any regular paper in 15 minutes.

Origami Turkey Vulture

Turkey vulture is a type of vulture whose head and color just happened to look like wild turkey. I frequently see them in San Jose and its surrounding wilderness, slowly soaring and gliding on low altitude. Their V-shaped pose with occasional wobble is rather unique, so it is easy to identify them.

WG-Origami

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