Bunch of Flowers (and Snail)

My wonderful mother turned 60 and retired this weekend, so to mark the occasion I gave a bunch of Iris' - unfortunately a crafty little snail managed to sneak into the pot.

I used a number of different designs to make this bunch of flowers; the idea came from a photograph in "The Encyclopedia of Origami" by Nick Robinson, the flower pot design came from "The Simple Art of Japanese Papercrafts" by Mari Ono and the Iris and Snail designs both featured in "Essential Origami" by Steve and Megumi Biddle

Cube #2

A few weeks ago a posted my first attempt a modular origami cube. This is cube #2, which is made from half the number of pieces of paper compared to my last attempt, and which slotted together in a much more satisfyingly solid cube-like way!

 



Scottish Diplodocus

On a recent walk to 'The Hidden Valley' of Glen Coe in Scotland, the group I was walking with commented that the landscape reminded them of a scene from Jurassic Park! As a result I decided to make a wee Scottish Diplodocus pal to photograph there!

The Diplodocus design was taught to me by Michael of Papershake, although this is a much simpler design (fewer folds) than the one he originally taught me, but it did the trick half way up a mountain!

Lotus Flower