Brendan joined BOS just over a year ago at the beginning of 2019 and since then has been actively involved in the Society. Read on to find out more about Brendan… When did you first join BOS and why? I … Continue reading →
Steph joined the BOS in 2015 and her first BOS conference experience was the 50th anniversary event at Stratford in 2017, she enjoyed it so much, she has been to every conference since then! Read on for Steph’s story… When … Continue reading →
Zulay Newell is a chemical engineer from Venezuela. Read on for Zulay’s story of how she came to be involved with origami and BOS… When did you first join BOS and why? Ten years ago, after my daughter was born, … Continue reading →
Ever wanted to find out more about members of the Society? If so, look out for posts like this where we put the spotlight on one of our members – read on to hear Barbara’s answers to some key questions … Continue reading →
Frankly, if someone had told me a year ago that I would have anything but contempt for modular folds, I would have laughed in their face. “Modular origami? That’s an oxymoron!” I would have scoffed. “Modular folding is for those … Continue reading →
This shape was the subject of a recent self-imposed challenge of Ted Norminton. Resembling somewhat an intermediate stage of Ed Sullivan’s and Sam Randlett’s Togetherness and Apartheid folds (see Randlett’s The Best of Origami), the Double Diamond shape chosen by … Continue reading →
Many people have developed wet-folding techniques. These are some that I’ve found useful. The paper is the first consideration. Most paper contains a material called sizing, a water-soluble adhesive that binds the fibers of the paper together and adds stiffness. … Continue reading →
Origami has had a long-standing tradition of precision folding; razor-sharp creases and needle-like corners have been the norm, and origami models have been collections of planar geometric triangles. That all changed ten or so years ago when Yoshizawa began visiting … Continue reading →
Humi Huzita ponders the meaning of the word simple (Japanese born Italian Humi Huzita has a remarkable way with words – in several languages. At the London Convention 1987, he related the following history of the word simple.) SIMPLE can … Continue reading →
David Lister on why a crease is a straight line John Cunliffe asks why it is that when a crease is made in a sheet of paper the result is a straight line, rather than a curve (British Origami No.121, … Continue reading →