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YLNI announces new Board of Directors

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YLNI announces new Board of Directors

Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana (YLNI) has named 16 emerging leaders to its board of directors starting July 1, 2021.

[eastcountytoday]

Martinez Police Department Announces New Captain

The Martinez Police Department announced Thursday the hiring of Beth Johnson as their next Police Captain. Johnson comes from the Walnut Creek Police Department where she is currently a Lieutenant.

The hiring came after the process included three interview panels, a professional panel with six local police chiefs and a community and stakeholder panel along with an internal management panel. The…

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Georgia B. Johnson (Gigi)

Born: 2003

House: Gryffindor

Father: Elijah Johnson

Mother: Zara Jackson

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Bethany K. Johnson (Beth)

Born: 2006

House: Gryffindor

Father: Elijah Johnson

Mother: Zara Jackson

[origamidotme]

Are these Origami Animals Awesome? You Bet Giraffe they Are!

Animals are still probably the most popular thing to fold with origami. In this post we're going to take a look at a pretty diverse collection of different animals from all over the world. First up is this incredible warthog folded from a single sheet of 50cm x 50cm yellow washi paper.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79606072@N00/19809648558/ Warthog, Designed by Lionel Albertino and Folded by TERRY Nicolas Free diagrams available from Origami-Shop.com   Here's a beautiful looking wet-folded paper horse.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42618819@N03/5128498447/ Horse, Designed by Roman Diaz and Folded by DebugMode Diagrams available in Origami Essence   Here's one of the best bull designs I've ever seen.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/papygami/13914207354/ Bull, Designed by Richard Ojeda Soto and Folded by Luc MARNAT Diagrams available in Drawing Origami Tome 1   This next one is a much simpler design but it may just be the cutest little origami pig I've seen. It's folded from a simple fish base.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92285150@N02/17199918282/ Small Pig, Designed and Folded by Rainer Berg Diagrams available from Rainer Berg's Facebook page   Nguyen Hung Cuong's gorilla design is definitely the best gorilla out there, especially with all that detail in the face.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/25604109@N05/8960250321/ Gorilla, Designed by NGUYỄN Hùng Cường and Folded by Philippe Landrein Crease pattren available from NGUYỄN Hùng Cường's Flickr   Here's one of the best bison designs out there. This one crazily enough is folded from a thin sheet of copper, not paper!

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/65167262@N04/5933334804/ Bison, Designed and Folded by József Zsebe Diagrams available in Paper & Form Origami for Experienced Folders   Here's an adorable little racoon family.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/-sebl-/24070865906/ Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet Instructions not available   This is one of my all time favourite fox designs. The model can be found in the book Origami Omnibus but the instructions are very limited. So limited that I haven't managed to figure out how to fold it yet. One day...

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79001419@N06/13692433704/ Fox, Designed by Kunihiko Kasahara and Folded by Gonzalo Very limited instructions available in Origami Omnibus   This hippo design isn't super complex but it's definitely expressive with a lot of character.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiancorrea/7178691797/ Hippo, Designed and Folded by Fabian Correa Instructions not available   This bear holding a paper crane is one of the most interesting origami designs I've seen. It's such a simple idea but the result is fantastic.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tschobigami/27204670392/ Erkner Bear, Designed by Sebastien Limet and Folded by Stefan Crease pattern available from Sebastien Limet's Flickr   Here's a pretty adorable looking chipmunk. It's folded from two squares of paper and the colour changes in the design really look great. I'm not entirely sure what "butter cake" is but I definitely like the sound of that.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kobashi_san/20490790743/ Chipmunk, Designed by Kyohei Katsuta and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi Instructions not available   Beth Johnson's sheep design is awesome. It uses one sheet of paper for the body and then another sheet folded into a tessellation pattern for the wool.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ronatka/16053874848/ Sheep, Designed by Beth Johnson and Folded by Natalia Romanenko Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #148   Sebastien Limet certainly has his own style and this deer he designed is completely unlike any other origami deer out there.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/-sebl-/16132685966/ Deer, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet Instructions not available   Here's an awesome monkey out in the wild. The banana is a really nice touch.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/foldedwilderness/14237680085/ Monkey, Designed by Lionel Albertino and Folded by Folded Wilderness Diagrams available in Safari Origami   Here's another absolutely fantastic looking paper horse. Technically it's a pony.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/104497452@N02/16753396570/ Pony, Designed by Kawahata Fumiaki and Folded by Jack Dreyil Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #142   Here are a couple more excellent pigs.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gen_hagiwara/4057432283/ Pigs, Designed and Folded by Gen Hagiwara Crease pattern available from Gen Hagiwara's Flickr   And of course with a giraffe pun in the title of this post we had to include at least one origami giraffe.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiancorrea/16187455990/ Giraffe, Designed and Folded by Fabian Correa Instructions not available   Here's an adorable fox mother and cub. Two more absolutely fantastic fox designs.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/25604109@N05/18582121379/ Mother and Cub, Designed by Hoang Tien Quyet and Folded by Philippe Landrein Cub Diagrams available in the 15th Tanteidan Convention Book, Mother Diagrams not available   This is a really great coyote design. The colour change on the eye is very nice.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/papygami/13765718043/ Coyote, Designed by Richard Ojeda Soto and Folded by Luc MARNAT Diagrams available in Drawing Origami Tome 1   Here's a really fantastic looking giant anteater. Not a very common animal to fold out of paper.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12043525@N04/4592833533/ Giant Anteater, Designed and Folded by Quentin Trollip Instructions not available   These are some really great origami rhinos folded using Rhino Hide Paper of course.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79606072@N00/14198471966/ Bogota Rhino, Designed and Folded by TERRY Nicolas Instructions not available   Next we have probably the cutest little baby paper elephant I've ever seen!

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/110247861@N02/29342170341/ Elephant, Designed by Enrique Martinez and Folded by Mir Numan Crease pattern available from Enrique Martinez's Flickr   Seth Friedman's Finnish Lapphund is definitely one of the best dog designs out there.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack_dreyil/29737940242/ Finnish Lapphund, Designed by Seth Friedman and Folded by Jack Dreyil Video instructions available from Seth Friedman's YouTube channel   Our final model is this fantastic looking Bactrian Camel.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkrup/6145034352/ Bactrian Camel, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov Diagrams available in the BOS Convention 2013 Autumn book   That's it for this post. Let us know which one of these was your favourite in the comments! Click to Post

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I Give these Awesome Origami Animals My Seal of Approval

Animals are still probably the most popular thing to fold with paper. In this post we're going to take a look at another group of fantastic origami animals. Starting off we have this great little rabbit.

Rabbit, Designed by Yoo Tae Yong and Folded by Jack Dreyil Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 21st Convention Book Click to Post

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"Ask yourself what can you do with one fold; what can you do with two folds…"

Beth Johnson Advice on how to start as a designer of origami, in an interview with Leyla Torres for OUSA. http://www.origamispirit.com/2011/06/beth-johnsons-origami-design-secrets/

[foldswithinfolds]

“Pine Cone” designed by Beth Johnson. Folded by Annalisa from a 25 cm square of tant. Diagram provided by Beth Johnson here on her website. Wet folding tutorial here by Alexander Kurth.

I love this model with one caveat. First, what I love. The use of tessellating scales to create the pine cone’s...poky bits? (The internet tells me these are actually called scales! The things I learn.) is brilliant. The shape overall is really lovely and evokes a mature pine cone so well. I almost do a double take whenever I see it, because I think it’s real (and I wonder why there’s a random pine cone sitting around the house).

Now for the caveat: the bottom. I have actually made this model twice prior, and each time I couldn’t get the bottom to close without the aid of tape. At first I used a 15 cm square of kami, which ripped way too easily. Then I tried a 15 cm square of tant, which didn’t rip, but was too stiff to gather together at the bottom. Even with tape, various corners would pop out because there wasn’t enough paper at the bottom for the tape to hold onto.

Fast forward to recently when I folded Beth Johnson’s frog and remembered that I had never gotten her pine cone right. I decided to try again, but this time using the wet folding skills I had just learned. The vast majority of the folding was very easy and soothing. The diagram is very easy to read, and I enjoy the repetitive motions of making the scales. Then came the formation of the peduncle. (i.e. The part of the pine cone that attaches to the branch; isn’t that a great word?) I made the primary part of the fold dry, then I used my handy tree mister to wet the corners and try to massage them together. It was working okay, but I kept feeling like the corners were on the verge of popping out and deforming. I decided I wasn’t getting the paper wet enough (a conclusion that I still think is valid), so I tried to spray closer to the paper and managed to get it too wet. That’s why we have the rather torn and mangy peduncle. Fortunately, there paper didn’t rip so much that the model fell apart, and while it still feels fragile, it holds together pretty well.

Moral of the story? Either use tissue foil, as Beth Johnson suggests, or don’t get your paper too wet.