WG-Origami

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.

After waiting for months. it was time for Pacific Coast Origami Convention a.k.a PCOC, which apparently is read like "peacock". It is a regional conference held every two years. This year's host was San Francisco, on 26th-30th October 2023. I live just 1 hour train ride there, so it was a perfect opportunity to get a taste of an origami convention.

Made for Pacific Coast Origami Conference 2023 banquet event. We were encouraged to wear origami themed Halloween attribute. This is based on a traditional samurai helmet model, with strip graft along diagonal to extend the "horn" and to fold out some branches.

Small bug you can find swimming on dirty pool. I frequently find them on natural body of water during summer hikes. They are obviously named after their oar-like legs, used for paddling.

The biggest kind of flat fish, which is a group of fishes whose eyes are located on one side of its body. They lie on the sea floor with "eyed side" on top, camouflaged among the sands, and look around to ambush prey.

Change log from previous version : Wider abdoment Restructured head area for better proportion and simplicity Folded from single tissue, 50 cm. The model is still a straightforward boxpleating.