Category — Crafts

This Origami Lamp is perhaps a nice, crafty sort of project if you need a lamp and love origami.

All you need is a pre-scored 0.8mm sheet of stainless steel (ok - you might need a decent hand tool to pre-score the sheet) and some sort of lamp fixture. Then it is just a matter of bending the segments into an origami design that suits your tastes.

Via Gizmodo

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Instant Origami is the contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese paper folding technique - focusing on speed and imagination rather than on the technically brilliant execution.

The goal, to create a representation of an object by folding a single piece of paper without the use of glue, remains unchanged.

I didn’t think too much when I saw this site, assuming it was just another video tutorial of origami-how-tos. But it made me smile and then I thought it was quite clever. Your imagination might need to work a bit harder for ‘the frog’ however!

Instant Origami

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These seem like a nice subtle touch of customised orientalism for your interiors. Make your own origami balloon lights via the tutorial at Folding Trees.

How To Make Origami Balloon Lights

Via CraftZine

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Joining the Lord of the Rings origami franchise is now a slightly crinkly looking WALL-E and Iron Man.

These are created by the hands of one Brian Chan, who created these out of one piece of paper (each).

If you ask me, I think origami works a little better for slightly organic subjects, rather than the supposedly smooth and metallic surfaces of WALL-E and Iron Man. Well, maybe these are meant to be post-battle.

Gizmodo Origami WALL-E
Gizmodo Origami Iron Man

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With heavyweight paper, tape, and fire retardant spray, children of all ages can make a nifty origami paper lantern.

The trick is in how you fold the paper, and accuracy is crucial. Be sure to find the right size paper—Yasutomo recommends 14″x22″.

The result is a cool-looking lamp that could make a nice homemade gift, too. Or if all else fails, Ikea probably sell something similar…

Make Your Own Origami Paper Lamp

Via Lifehacker

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Here’s an amazingly crafted paper model of Howl’s Moving Castle, from the anime movie of the same name, by Japanese director and artist Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli.

Its complex so would take a few days to say the least, to complete. If you’d like to make your own moving castle, follow the links for downloadable pdf files.

Howl’s Moving Castle Paper Craft

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Origamiblog.com is a website dedicated to the joy of origami - concepts, products and inspiration.

I recognise some immediate posts as links that have featured on OneInchPunch before, but nevertheless, there are some good things in there too. I like the non-paper items like the chair or the fabric items…

More on the OrigamiBlog.com

Via SwissMiss

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Check out these step-by-step instructions for how to make your very own origami x-wing!

This was done using a 15cm square of thin paper, coloured on one side and white on the other - the x-wing ends up coloured all over.

Origami X-Wing instructions

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