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Amazing Geometric Origami

Photos and details from my forthcoming book (and DVD!) Amazing Geometric Origami

http://www.nickrobinson.info/origami/books/amazing_geometric_origami.php

Neal Elias DVD

For all fans of origami, an unmissable resource is now available, a complete DVD of his works, including videos, diagrams, archives and much, much more. Buy it TODAY!

http://www.nickrobinson.info/origami/elias_dvd/

There’s also a facebook page where you can post photos of his models.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Origami-World-of-Neal-Elias-DVD/449936285126436

Gallery of my published designs

The more you start to look at what information you have stored in a database, the more ways to present it that occur to you! I have started a complete listing of my books, when I realised I could extract my own designs and then produce a list of those for which I have an image. In PHP, this is easy, using the function if file_exists().

So, here are some photos for you – if you have better images, or those missing from the complete list. please send them in.

Going Batty

here’s a bat for Halloween!

Angel Origami review

Here’s a (great!) review by Hee Sen Lim from the amazon website.

5.0 out of 5 stars
I own many of Nick’s origami books and when I heard that he is coming out with a new book dealing with angels, I thought “it’s about time”. I love origami books that deals specifically with one and only one theme as this allows me to explore many approaches and variations of the same theme. Who does not wish to have their own guardian angel looking out for us?

As always Nick’s books does not contain complex models. The 15 models within are simple and still can be enjoyed by an experienced folder but could easily be managed by a first timer, following and folding in sequence, gaining experience and slowly being able to manage to fold models with increasing difficulty.

I personally found the angels amusing. You can fold your own angels to guard and look after your own daily needs – good luck, communication, music, love, money and friendship. lol, there’s even one for your bad hair days!

I have a number of favourites in this book, “Table Place Card Angel” which allows you to decorate your table, plates, before a feast; “Angel of Communication” , simple to fold but effective; “Love Heart Angel”, a winged heart which you can also use on Valentine day; “Angel on the Wall”, a lovely praying angel and “Guardian Angel” looking lovingly at you. Try various sizes, some are better when small, some are real spectacular when folded big and use as a decoration. You can even put one on top of your own Christmas tree.

As I write this, Christmas is coming and the theme of angels is timely and this book would make an ideal Christmas gift for your loved ones to fold their own guardian angels to love and to protect them. You can also fold these angels with love, good will and wishes before sending them with your gifts or cards.

I strongly recommend this book.

By HS Lim on October 23, 2013

Autumnal Tree

My and Him’s group on Facebook (Simple Origami) had a competition to create designs that fitted an autumnal colour scheme. Here is my entry, which came second!

Photos wanted!

In a typical OCD moment, I’ve decided to try and present photos of every model in every book I’ve written! It gives me a chance to enhance my SQL skills and will, in theory, be a good resource (which I’ll share with the origami database!)

My first efforts can be seen here. Apologies for the lack of photo credits, but it was just too much extra work and since they are from my book(s), I took the liberty of just using pics sourced from the web. Obviously, I’ll remove any on request! If you have any missing images, from any book, please let me have them.

Rhombic teaching class

Kathy Stevick asked me for permission to teach my rhombic unit at PCOC this year. Of course I was delighted (and for future reference, anyone can teach anything of mine anywhere).

She ran several sessions, here’s a photo showing Deb Pun, Pam Miike and Ann LaVin.

 

A base for data…

Here’s an ongoing database of models I’ve used in my various books. I’m looking at adding images – if you have any (attractive) photos of models from any book, or missing book data, please send them/it across…

 

Amazing Geometric Origami

Considering the links between origami and geometry, there are precious few books that are dedicated to attractive, elegant designs demonstrating principles whilst stressing the artistic aspect as well. This has been a dream project, not least because the publishers also requested a DVD of all the models in the book, and wanted me to produce the complete package, including the DVD interface!

I’ve made many videos in the past, but this scale of project was new to me and has proved an interesting challenge as well as a steep learning curve! I invested in a set of studio lighting and some decent editing software and set off. Editing was time-consuming, but the biggest issue was unexpected – as the videos were transcode into DVD format, they all went very dark – in the end I had to deliberately lighten every video to allow for this, which took a lot of trial and error! Creating the DVD interface (using DVDstyler, a superb freeware package) also involved a lot of new skills, but thankfully the product is now complete.

I’m well aware of the exacting standards mathematicians apply to products like this and will no doubt get a flood of corrections, but the maths has been checked by a teacher of the subject and two highly experienced geometric enthusiasts and it should pass muster. It’s not intended to be a definitive guide to the subject, more of an introduction to some of the key principles and demonstrations of their use.

Reptile / Tetrahedron / Triangular Antiprism / Twisted Tube / Dubai Unit / Octagon Dissection / Dodecagon Dissection / Octahedron / Penrose Triangle – Nick Robinson / Pentagonal Ring / Icosahedron – Rob Foord / 60 degree Star – David Petty / Rhombicuboctahedron / Penultimate Unit – Robert Neale / Pythagoras – Leong Cheng Chit / Robin Star – Maria Sinayskaya / Windmill cube / Chambered Cuboctahedron – Francis Ow / XYZ Planar – Joe Power / Hexagonally Bisected Cube – Thoki Yenn