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Yes, it's true! I've committed my first Drupal project. After having set up the dictionary here, I had some responses that it'd be great if they could set up such a dictionary on their Drupal page, too.

After reworking the dictionary a bit, I applied for the submission of the module, and it was accepted! See the project page at http://drupal.org/project/dictionary

And for those of you who have no idea who or what Drupal is, it's the content management system that I use for happyfolding. In other words, it's what makes this website work.

-- Sara

Origami T-Shirt

Sara — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:42:10 +0000

I came across this origami T-shirt today. It shows a book that is falling apart - the pages are flowing away, and folding themselves to some origami models. And because a picture can say more than thousand words:

The T-shirt is on sale today at http://riptapparel.com/, so you can purchase it for a mere $10. They ship internationally, and feature a different T-shirt every day.

7-Stage Clover Folding (Shuzo Fujimoto)

Sara — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:17:12 +0000

Folder:

Designer:

Paper ratio:

Difficulty Level:

Given that I plan to make a video on a 3-stage clover folding next, I decided I needed to understand the model better. And what better way than to fold a 7-stage clover folding to grasp what it's all about? And this is the result.

Paper size: 19.5cm transparent paper (approx. 7.5in)
Model size: 8.5cm x 8.5cm x 1cm (approx. 3.3in x 3.3in x 0.4in)

The formula for determining which grid to start with depending on how many stages you want to fold is as follows: 6 * (no of stages) - 2
So for a 7-stage tessellation you need a 40-division grid.

Model type:

Square Grid

Tessellations

Tesserassic Palm (Gerwin Sturm)

Sara — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:44:16 +0000

Folder:

Adams, Sara

Designer:

Sturm, Gerwin

Diagrams:

http://www.origamiaustria.at/download.php?file=tesserassic_palm.pdf

Paper ratio:

Square

Difficulty Level:

Intermediate

What do you do when you buy a new dining table? Of course! Use the paper that protected the wood to fold a tree. And to avoid further questions - no, it was not very suitable for folding.

Initial paper size: 16cm x 27.7cm (approx. 6.3in x 10.9in)
Finished model: 9cm height, 2.5cm diameter of trunk, 9cm max width of palm crown

Model type:

Flowers & Plants

Tessellations

Triangle Grid