WG-Origami

We have another East Bay Origami Convention (EBOC) this year on 4th - 5th of April. Even though I only attended the Sunday event, I had great time. Pre-Convention I got the news from discord server as well as invitation email. I like that they announced the convention theme: "aquatic" so we can plan accordingly on what to exhibit, teach, or diagram. I planned to teach point splitting and its generalization as lecture, and submit a simple turtle that can be folded from bird base + point split. Later I thought this model would be too boring and unworthy of being diagrammed. So I designed this quick cuttlefish from bird base with point splits and finished the diagramming in 3 days. The turtle was demoted into exercise in the class which could be a nice practice and assurance that class participants are able to utilize the technique. I planned to exhibit 2 of my new models: trapdoor spider and common wildebeest. The spider is a must as last year I told Ryan that it was in-progres...

Finish the tail area with 11.25 Remora use their suction-cup-like dorsal fin to hitchhike on larger sea creatures like rays, sharks, and whales.

Lampreys are fish with primitive features. Together with hagfish, they are the last surviving jawless vertebrate. These creatures don't exist in my home country, so I've only known their existence from encyclopedia back in elementary school. Their somewhat scary circular mouth is full of teeth and will surely etch into memory. 

Some time ago, Bodo posted a transition unit challenge in Origami Design School Discord server. I solved them, and thanks to that, my understanding of the construction improved. I'll share the screenshot of the challenge so you can try solving it.

Pacific Coast Origami Conference (PCOC) 2025 was held on October 31 to November 2 in Sacramento. As usual, big convention is a lot of fun. I'll share my experience in this post. Immortalized goofy boy, backstory explained in below

Trapdoor spiders are big spiders living in burrow, hidden behind door constructed out of available material. Any unfortunate critter wandering too close will be ambushed and eaten. I made a specific kind, called ravine trapdoor spider ( Cyclocosmia truncata ) whose rear end of their abdomen is flat, hardened, and has interesting pattern. Like many big spiders, they are vulnerable to parasitic wasps. Upon burrow invasion, they position themselves so that their hardened end faces the invader. Apparently it's tough enough to protect against sting. Source: Britannica .

Made for the PCOC 2025 design challenge, whose theme is "Farm to Fork", because apparently Sacramento is proud of its cuisine from local farms. Leeks are member of allium family, together with onions, scallions, chives, garlics, and shallots. They are big and tasty. Easily recognizable by their long and white edible bottom half and leafy dark-green top whose base form an overlapping pattern. The outer top parts are usually too fibrous to be eaten, but they can be simmered in soup for flavoring.

Finally made it to New York. I had a great time, and at the same time experienced the bizarreness of this megalopolis. This blog post starts by sharing my 2 days NY sightseeing experience, followed by the convention experience.

This is the memed version with one leg. It uses the same layout as the normal 2 legged version, but with ~37% less paper.