Origami

I find it a little unfair and cosmically cruel that while I admire Japanese culture for their geisha and silk kimonos, their neat little tea houses, their martial arts and iconic Harajuku style two of their greatest traditions seem to begrudge me. I absolutely cannot fold things properly, so origami while being pretty and a nice little skill to pick-up is seemingly impossible for me and I cannot stomach sushi. It has been said that unrequited love is the only perfect love there is- but honestly it's taunting more than anything to admire a culture for its aesthetics but when put into practice it seems to cruelly mock me or make my dry wretch in my mouth.

While I am a little sore about origami being seemingly impossible for me, I still admire it and the art of folding and create something simply by arrangement and pulling out neat folded tucks. It always looks so perfect when executed by someone else but when I attempt it there's always tears and paper cuts. Maybe I would be more suited to admiring the art of folded paper that is origami from afar and make painterly impressions in watercolour of iconic cranes- a symbol of good luck.

In a role-playing exercise I was a part of a third world country family and had to try to work in a 'factory' and make origami elephants. Despite being demonstrated the technique, without instructions on paper I go nowhere near the target goal and was probably one of the contributing fact towards several of my family members 'dying'. This little fact is just another reason why origami doesn't ever work out for me when I try. The only things I have made successfully were a box and small matching lid with the help of someone sitting next to me in the fifth grade and I only ended up throwing them out yesterday since they were covered in dust. I hate the feel of dusty paper, dusty books is even worse.

It would be great if I could make a variety of things, I would settle for making paper cranes in all sorts of colours and sizes just like this cute little photograph- but the paper arts will not be easily tamed by these clumsy hands. Above my bed there is a paper crane I found in a classroom before maths was meant to start and beside that are several small plastic dinosaurs from my childhood. It was the best I could do.

I'd love to be able to thread cranes like this in a beaded curtain arrangement- I can only imagine all the work and meticulous folding and detail gone into each of these colourful cranes. The worst thing would be if the paper got moldy or in my case if they got covered in dust. If only there were some way to preserve paper origami properly and prevent the material from perishing... I wonder...

Cory Child- Edition X

This long necklace by Cory Child is part of her Wild Roses series. Employing an origami technique with fabric, she has created an beautiful pendant on sterling silver chain evocative of a flower. - Edition X

Handmade with love by Cory Hartono, she started to make her little keepsake treasures and thread them on silver chains in 2010. I've never seen anything like it really, it is unusual to see something like cloth folded in this manner and used as jewellery due to the limited life, staining etc. that is associated with cloth made materials and keepsakes. The flowers are just so sweet though, I adore them. She makes headpieces as well as necklaces for those interested in the races of looking for something with more intrigue and mystique in their life.

Probably the photograph that made me really interested in this label was the one just above. I loved the combination of the origami necklaces piled one into the other and the contrast of their brightness and colour against a clean, crisp, white shirt. Maybe it's the way the cuffs of the shirt have such texture and compliment the structure and folding of the necklaces. Maybe it's the light sun and the beautiful, carefree smile of the model.

















Available here at Edition X Jewels.

Awesome and Beautiful Paper Origami Art

Origami is the art of paper folding. This post showcases beautiful and creative origami creations.

Grulla Origami
JUCUMARI Origami
Scorpion Origami
Onion Origami
Klingon Bird of Prey Origami
Inflatable Piggy Origami
Koi Pond Origami
Iron Man Origami
Crayfish Origami
Spaceships Origami
Unicorn Origami
Praying Mantis Origami
V for Vendetta Mask Origami

Top 10 Awesome Origami Models Of All Times

This is an Allosaurus Skeleton by Robert J. Lang which was inspired by the brilliant Tyrannosaurus Rex of the late Issei Yoshino. You can find more of his works here.
This is a cobra model by David Derudas. You can find more of his works here.
A hermit crab by Brian Chan. He has a lot of other great origamis artwork. You can find more of his works here.
This is a multipiece dragon design by Joseph Wu, inspired by the feline dragons which was introduced in the 3rd edition of Dungeons and Dragons. You can find more of his works here.
A great origami model of Icarius by Hojyo Takashi. You can find more of his works here.
Starcraft fans will be able to recognise this unit as the mutalisk of the Zerg race. Another great origami by Jason Ku. You can find more of his works here.

This one is my favourite. Awesome origami Shadow Ninja by talented Hoang Trung Thanh. You can see more of his works here.
God of Thunder, Raijin by Hojyo Takashi. His origami works are one of the best you can find online. You can see more of his works here.
Awesome model of a reaper(shinjigami) by Hoang Trung Thanh. You can find more of his works here.
Final Fantasy VII Sephiroth in Origami. Great work by Brian Chan. You can find more of his works here.

Starcraft Origami

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