Doodles

November 4th

I went to a bonfire. I took some photos of fire and by firelight.

Queen Ebony

It's coming up to Ebony's first anniversary as club mascot. So I made her a crown, cloak and sword. I never claimed to be mature...

Rhamphorhynchus

From Origami for the Connoisseur, and a right pain to photograph. Nice little model, though.

Abstract origami

Yet another design from Origami for the Connossieur. It describes itself as a flower-cut hard-boiled egg, but I think it's nicer just to think of it as an abstract design.

Mushroom

Found this one while walking to campus today. Unexpectedly difficult to photograph - my camera auto-focus would far rather select grass. I may yet be forced to read the instructions.

A good end

Sometimes all my arrows go where they're supposed to. If you don't recognise the fletching and think that the shafts are the wrong colour, it's because they're club arrows.

Lots of pretty paper

I've recently noticed quite how much pretty origami paper I have. This makes me very happy. Thanks to everyone who has helped me gather this collection.

Origami pinecone

I agree with the book that although it may not look much like a pinecone (in this particular instance, this is enhanced by the paper I chose) it does look very pretty. A good example the problems with diagramming 3D elements of designs - I very nearly gave up on this one.

From Origami for the Connoisseur

Origami swan

From Origami Step by Step, otherwise know as the Eeevil Origami book. This is the design that Ni failed at on my origami evening. Having made it, I can see why.

Origami polyhedra

Kawasaki cube 1

Tetrahedron

Kawasaki cube 2

All designs from Origami for the Connoisseur

Origami menagerie

Fox

Goose

Kangaroo

Giraffe

All designs from Origami for the Connoisseur

Flower

Playing with themes and variations.

Horse

A little bit deformed, but never mind. Starts from a triangle, oddly enough. From Origami for the Connoisseur

Spiral snail shell

From Origami for the Connoisseur

Whirlygig

Collage. Side length = A4 length

Phoenix

A4 Collage 2004

Butterflies

A3 Collage.

Origami buttonhole

Flower adapted from a design that came with my origami paper. Can't credit it because the writing isn't in an alphabet I can read. Possibly traditional. Leaves and holder are of my own design.

Kawasaki Rose

Last night I folded a Kawasaki Rose. It's my first attempt and to be honest there were several times I thought my paper would be so mangled that it wouldn't work. So I'm quite proud of the result. The stalk is cardboard, and not part of the design, but I thought it wanted one. Instructions from here again.

Smaller dragon

A far less complex dragonn than the last, so much easier to make, although the paper I used was rather too thick. I suspect the head is larger than it's supposed to be as well. Diagrammed here.

Origami dragon

My second attempt at this design - I did a reasonably successful version last summer holiday (see smaller picture), but managed to get more of the fine details finshed this time. It is described here as a Rearing Dragon (Marc Kirschenbaum), but neither of mine wanted to rear. Good, clear instructions, although sketchy diagrams so slightly difficult to read - only got mildly lost once.

Bowling montage

A photo-montage, just to see if I could...

Dribbles

This is the cat I've befriended, although it was not amused about being photographed. When stroking it I have to be careful to avoid the drops of saliva that fall onto the pavement. I used to think of it as The Dribbler, but I called it Dribbles one day and it stuck.

Card for David and Fiona's wedding

Whole card:
Centre details:

This card started off as a fractal, but the centre was simplified at the last moment to make contruction easier. The photos just show the dents from the markings on the other side of the silver from sections I didn't cut.

Zombie peaches

When a whole batch of peaches went mouldy simultaneously, I removed the mouldy parts and produced the Fruitbowl of Doom (TM). There's something deeply sinister about a fruitbowl with so much mangled fruit. Luckily I ate them before they could attack.

Cards

Two cards with adaptations of the same fretwork design. Both are based on the card that didn't quite work. For the top one, I took the original fretwork, simplified it a bit, and stuck it onto black card. For the bottom, I created the fretwork out of two seperate pieces of card, thus reducing the complexity of the knife-work, but making it more fiddly to construct. The bottom card is the one I sent to Harold for his 90th.

Electra60

I'm quite proud of my Electra60.

They look good in soft focus...

And on the stairs...

And you can do trick shots with them.