Watching the new POTTERMORE announcement this morning on Facebook, not because of it's similarity to pop-up books, which are plenty cool, too, but because, well ... uhm. I don't know. Whatever. It reminded me of origami this time. Must be the owl at the end of the ad. Anyway, origami is cool for kids, and for grownups--even, and perhaps especially, for the lazy ones who just want to look, rather than do.
For grownups:
Here is Robert Lang (click his name for his website and surf around the spectacular compositions), one of the two foremost experts in origami--not, originally anyway, because of his artist proclivities, but because of his work's scientific/mathematic necessities--talks about it below.
For kids:
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| I had this book when I was a kid; I have no idea where it is now. |
For grownups:
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| I REALLY want this book. Discover this on your own. Really. Do it. Amazing. |
Here is Robert Lang (click his name for his website and surf around the spectacular compositions), one of the two foremost experts in origami--not, originally anyway, because of his artist proclivities, but because of his work's scientific/mathematic necessities--talks about it below.
All with a single sheet, un-cut sheet of paper:
I don't know how some of this is even possible. I have enough trouble constructing a paper airplane that will fly anywhere.
ReplyDeleteI got pretty good (by "kid" standards, anyway) once upon a time, and my dad and I still have fun doing paper-folding (origami? where's the line??) at Christmas time and hand-made ornaments and the like, but this stuff goes far and beyond. That's why I'm really interested in Lang's book.
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