Tavin's Origami

The Waterbomb can be folded with any paper, you just need to cut it into a square shape.

this is a great model for Kids. If you use newspaper it can be worn as a real hat.

This Fish is Really simple to do, all you need is a square sheet of paper (6inch 15cm)

The wonderfull Alice Grey deasigned this iconic dove.

In this article you will learn how to understand written origami instructions, called diagrams. You can follow the video below or read the entire article

In this tutorial you'll learn how to fold a nice star from paper without the need for glue or scissors

This how-to shows you how to fold a turtle with a sheet of paper. Beginners will find this a little challenging, but should be abeled to do it as well

Im curretnly working on an origami creeper, what do think of those two drafts?

Hi,

Here you go and thanks for the feedback

Here you go and thanks so much for giving me positive feedback.

For an art-project I'm currently working on I want to design a Gun. As I was trying to figure out how to so this, I stumbeled upon this model. A simplye tube with an L shape. I folded it from one A4 sheet. This is my first attempt, so please forgive me the imperfections of this fold. What I like about this model is the fact that it isn't flat and the way I made it hold itself together. Also it should be easy to make S and U shaped tubes with the same aproach.

Last week I found the time to work on my own origami designs again. The basic turtle from a few weeks ago developed: From the basic turtle on the left (in darker green) I derived not one but two different turtles (the yellow and the one in bright green). As you might see on the pictures in the gallery the new turtles are both prototype and folded a little unclean.

What compex origami you do

If one asks where origami originated from most people will answer "Japan". But is this really the right answer?

Yesterday a friend challenged me to make an paper ant. This is what I came up with:

In this series I'd like to share with you what I fold. To be precise: models that are new to me and I'm freshly folding.

Is there anywhere in the web a full ist with all traditional origami (including diagrams) ?

Here's some neat footage of the Origami Museum in Tokyo. I wish the video quality were a little better, but I still love checking out these origami villages and stuff. :D

That's a real big origami model; only in Japan!

Sadako Sasaki was a Girl from Japan who apperently survived the dropping of the A-Bomb over Hiroshima unharmed. But when she turned twelve it became obvious that she had leukemia as an aftermath of the A-bomb. As she was in hospital friends visited her and one of them folded an Origami Crane for her telling her the story of the 1000 cranes that grand you a wish. Hoping for cure she began to fold. At this point stories begin to vary some say  she made it and continued as  nothing happen after...

Sher Christopher does some amazing things with paper. It's not exactly origami, but it's very inspirational. She makes beautiful, complex figurines out of paper. Definitely check it out!

This is an PDF File containing a digramm for my Origami Raven

Do you like Starwars? You'll gonna love this: an Origami Tie Fighter

I wonder if people like to have background music in origami tutorials.

This Ship is an origami classic, easy to do and it floats well.