do more origami

I did the crane fold today! I would like to revisit some older origami box instruction I know I have laying around in my closet somewhere…

i made origami boxes for everyone at work and stuffed them with tea and chocolate. they were a really big hit and i loved putting them together! i’m all about origami boxes . . .

Land, water, air: humans are finding new ways to fly, daily. Paper planes (and boats, and cars) are fun to make while theoretical designing. I expect we’ll be making lots of these this week. My origami skills are not the best but I am improving. We are making origami planes and discussing flight mechanics, basic physics, elements of engineering, and the new spy, fighter, and stealth designs (since our son has seen many unique prototype planes flying in the sky recently).

Schematics are difficult to read for these origami treats, so it is important to persist. The finished products are all that matter in the end; if the planes work, excel past the others, and are reliably stable then you have got yourself bonafide origami race winners! Try height and distance variations, too. One plane may do great under a specific set of conditions and fail completely under another.

I think the secret to having fun with these things is that you have to allow for specificication in your product design and don’t be afraid to try wierd things. Thomas Edison claimed he had successfull found 10,000 ways NOT to make a light bulb before he got it right. Specializing your planes into custom creations gives you a chance to tailor down to exactly what you want and need in your air fleet—

It made me frustrated >.<

I bought some origami paper, and I have half a dozen websites bookmarked, but just haven’t followed through.

love that, so must do it, I know to do only the samurai at this time…