Flottille by Etienne Cliquet. Exquisite moving origami powered by the capillary action of the paper.
posted by Plutor
on May 16, 2011 -
17 comments
Minimal origami is paper folding with just one fold. A single fold in a piece of paper is enough to make a
swan or an interesting
curve. Notably,
Paul Jackson has made beautiful one crease origami structures.
posted by twoleftfeet
on Jan 31, 2010 -
16 comments
Ze Frank received many wonderful, heartfelt and poignant responses to
from 52 to 48 with love in the form of pictures, comments and emails. However, as it became more widely circulated, it also provoked intense
anger and outrage. So, he created
angrigami as an attempt to devour the entire carcass, bones, bile and all.
posted by netbros
on Dec 21, 2008 -
36 comments
Comedy duo,
Ramenz (ラーメンズ), aka Kobayashi Kentaro and Katagiri Jin, also known as the Japanese versions of
Mac and PC, have recently done a number of shorts collectively called "The Japanese Tradition." Apparently, these tongue-in-cheek pseudo-instructional vids about famous aspects of Japanese culture (
Tea,
Chopsticks,
Sushi,
Origami,
Apology,
Onigiri, and
Relationships) have been fooling a lot of non-natives into thinking they are actual guides. (YouTube, each approx 4-6 min).
posted by ikahime
on Mar 29, 2007 -
35 comments
Kokigami: origami for Mr. Happy. (Not, not
this. And not
ninjas, either.)
The sensuous practise of Kokigami originated from the ancient Japanese art form of giving beautifully wrapped gifts.
posted by gottabefunky
on Jul 15, 2006 -
11 comments
'Barefoot Gen is a vivid autobiographical story. Artist Keiji Nakazawa was only seven years old when the Atomic Bomb destroyed his beautiful home city of Hiroshima. The Artist's "Gen" manga (visual novel), tells the tale of one family's struggle to survive in the dreadful shadow of war ... '
"I named my main character Gen in the hope that he would become a root or source of strength for a new generation, one that can tread the charred soil of Hiroshima barefoot, feel the earth beneath its feet, and have the strength to say "NO" to nuclear weapons.... "
More survivors' stories :-
Nagasaki Nightmare, the art of the hibakusha, or A-bomb survivors.
Voice of
Hibakusha includes eye-witness accounts of the atom bombing of Hiroshima. Here are
more testimonies of survivors. (Via the
A-Bomb WWW Museum). A
personal record of Hiroshima A-bomb survival, posted
to a message board, with responses from readers.
Remembering Nagasaki, a slide-show of Nagasaki after the A-bomb.
The story of Sadako, an A-bomb victim, and the
Thousand Paper Cranes project she inspired.
posted by plep
on Apr 13, 2003 -
15 comments
Pin-
hole photography is
nothing new. 300 years before there was film people were using the idea of the
Camera Obscura to project images onto nearby surfaces. Using the process to capture the images onto film was a simple progression. But camera cases break, and leak light exposing the film to early.
Enter
Thomas Hudson Reeve who folds his own one time only cameras with the very photo-paper he presents as his
finished work. Only a simple brass plate pinhole shutter is reused and developing is done in the camera by pouring the chemicals directly in.
Go check out
PaperCams for more.
posted by KnitWit
on Jan 3, 2003 -
12 comments
Of course it's just a coincidence, but ... I didn't know that this particular bit of pop culture had already been discussed on
Fark, but it certainly freaked me out when one of the guys at the bar showed it to me last night.
(and wait! There's even more to the conspiracy ...)
posted by yhbc
on May 15, 2002 -
27 comments
Puppetry of the penis: "The ancient art of genital origami". And some still say there's nothing under the sun, or the pants for that matter :)
(warning: male back nudity)
posted by betobeto
on Nov 15, 2001 -
10 comments
