WG-Origami

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.

Another year, another EBOC. I participated on both the 5th and 6th of April event, which was great. Pre-Convention Unlike last year where an email was sent, I knew the event from Discord announcement. There were forms to register for diagram submission, exhibition, and teaching. Being a local, I have the moral obligation to participate on all of those, but with some adjustments. The first is diagram submission. Worrying the printing company would mess up again, I asked the committee if they can check if my submitted diagram has correct mountain and valley before it's printed. I also changed the diagramming software from Affinity Designer (with Nicolas Terry's template) to Inkscape, with template built from scratch. Hopefully this template with plain old vector won't introduce missing asset. By the way the model I submitted was water boatmen . The second is exhibition. The convention venue is small, and we better to take the exhibition off at the end of each day because no o...

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.

Over the years of origami, I have produced several diagrams. My diagramming journey was influenced by many authors, especially Jo Nakashima, Nicholas Low, and Satoshi Kamiya. There were many subtleties of diagramming that I have to discover by reading other's diagram, which I would like to share in this post. To be precise, "diagram" here refers to step by step origami instruction drawn using software.

My frigatebird's color is fading, so I thought about refolding it with something better than double tissue. While doing so, I got some ideas to update it. Now it has distinction of lower/upper beak, and individual toes. Also used this opportunity to fold the female version.

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.

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

Another year with EBOC (East Bay Origami Convention)! I enjoyed spending time with fellow local folders, and exchange knowledge via teaching or chatting while chilling. Had a lot of fun on these two days (16th to 17th March 2024), so I will share my experience on this post. Of course, this is a late post. 

Earwig is a ground dwelling insect in the order of dermaptera. They look scary because of a large pincer at the end of their abdomen. However they aren't capable to badly hurt us. I have never seen them in Asia, but they are abundant in North America.