WG-Origami

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.

Change log: Longer legs Rounder body Diagram can be downloaded here .

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.