Foldaway Origami

Origami designed by Lee Armstrong

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It’s been a while Tumblr, but I’m doing something very special in 2 weeks time. Excited to be organising an exhibition with the British Origami Society and all these amazing artists.

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Old woman

- rectangle of arches 300gsm paper, 2024

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Hello! I’m trying to follow your octopus diagram, and I’m stuck on how you get from step 6 to step 7. (Odds are this is not the only time I will feel stuck, but being trapped this early is eating away at me.) What do you mean by “open up the points”?

Hi I’ve not checked tumblr messages in a long time, so you may have given up, but here’s an answer just in case:

This is a blintzed bird base. If you look at the top of the model you’ll see there is a layer you can lift up, pulling on the raw edges of the paper. If you pull on them, you’ll get the result you see in step 7.

Or have a look for some instructions for blintzed bird base online and follow a video if that would help. Good luck!

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Origami designs from last year - is there still anyone here looking at my tumblr - for more go check out my Instagram: https://instagram.com/lee_armstrong_ori?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Red Fox

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BOS online convention Sunday September 13th

https://britishorigami.info/bos-virtual-convention-2020/

Join me and many other teachers and artists on Sunday. Learn my new Penguin Chick model!

BOS Virtual Convention 2020

We have had to cancel our Autumn convention due to the coronavirus pandemic, so instead we are going to hold a one-day virtual convention (B

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International rebellion begins 7/10/19

Extinction Rebellion red brigade

Each folded from a square of Arches paper, 300gsm. Designed October 2019.

Time is running

Out

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Water Buffalo

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Turtle

I can’t remember when I started work on this model. It has developed slowly from an idea for a base to this 3 dimensional model with a closed back and belly.

Like some other fully closed models, my turtle is quite a challenge to fold and the design took a lot of trial and error. I think the end result is worth it, though I’m not so sure anyone else who tried to fold it would agree.

Wet folded from a 20cm square of BOS “textured paper” (about 120gsm). Not from a standard base. Designed February 2016 (but probably started early 2015).

Turtles have lived in earth’s oceans for more than 120 million years. Of the 7 species alive today, all but one are classified as endangered or critically endangered. Pollution, climate change, hunting and bi-catch all threaten these majestic creatures. It would be tragic, if having survived for so long, beating the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, we lost them on our watch.

See this WWF infographic for more.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/infographic-sea-turtles

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Repost for World turtle day 23.5.2019

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3000 ❤️❤️❤️

Even though I’ve mostly been posting on my Instagram this blog has today got 3,000 of you lovely people following. Thank you all.

I’ve not posted a diagram in a while so I’ll put something up here exclusively for you soon.

You can see more of my work over on instagram Lee.armstrong.ori

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvwfi42Ddyu/?igshid=1o5ci21esbnba

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A little basket.

Crease pattern and a little help showing you how to trisect the corner of a square.

So much origami is based on 45 degree and 22.5 degree folds, but 30 degrees is easy to do with a square and has lots of unexplored potential.

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Another of my abstract designs this time using iridescent paper.

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Anteater. 15cm Kami paper, designed April 2019.

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Frog

Wet folded from a strip of 300gsm arches paper, painted with acrylics.

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Details from abstract 16/2019, at the British origami society spring convention.

One sheet of mirror acetate, hand folded.

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15/2019

A square of self adhesive plastic film.

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Abstract 13/2019

One square of folded tracing paper.