What to do with all these paper cranes? [more inside]
posted by Becko on Mar 11, 2009 - 16 answers

Hi all, I have recently become obsessed with origami, and I love the funkier side of the craft. Bright colors, geometric patterns, modular pieces. I have the basic folds down, but now I want to make and learn about really cool stuff. Do any of you have suggestions about the most interesting origami papers, websites, discussion groups, patterns, etc.? Or any other origami advice?
posted by tnygard on Feb 21, 2009 - 11 answers

How can I make an iPod case out of a vinyl record? I rather love these, but they seem to have sold out years ago. I've never tried warping a 45 myself before....
posted by mippy on Feb 12, 2009 - 7 answers

Asking for a friend who has made some origami jewelry: is it legal to sell the jewelry she has made which were based on designs from an origami book (of which designs are presumably copyrighted by the author?). Could she face any sort of copyright infringement claim from selling such jewelry? [more inside]
posted by yeoz on Dec 1, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I turn A4 paper into American letter size? Is there a simple fold I can use to do this? I know an origami fold to turn letter into A4, but I would like the opposite.
posted by dbooster on Sep 5, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm looking for examples of practical, everyday origami. [more inside]
posted by ostranenie on Jul 19, 2008 - 9 answers

Where can I buy origami paper in colors which are more 'jewel tones' than the usual 'primary' colors? [more inside]
posted by lemonade on May 14, 2008 - 4 answers

I read a book sometime in elementary school (early/mid 90's) that I've been trying to find. It had to do with geometry and math and platonic solids and origami (I believe there were several nods to Flatland). The plot had something about evil army men toys and a boy having a fever dream. I think the cover had a picture of the boy riding a manta ray. [more inside]
posted by rivenwanderer on Mar 31, 2008 - 3 answers

Where can I order custom printed popup cards? Or a punch to make my own easily? [more inside]
posted by yohko on Nov 1, 2007 - 1 answer

Is there any way to divide a square piece of paper into absolutely perfect thirds without a ruler? [more inside]
posted by Wroksie on Oct 23, 2007 - 6 answers

Where can I get some MASSIVE sheets of origami paper? Like, 48 inches or more? Are sheets that size even sold? [more inside]
posted by Vic Morrow's Personal Vietnam on Jul 28, 2007 - 7 answers

Instructions for making an origami crane from a dollar bill? [more inside]
posted by bjrubble on May 7, 2007 - 5 answers

Does there exist an Origami form that is an envelope suitable for a letter-sized piece of paper? [more inside]
posted by ostranenie on Aug 7, 2006 - 2 answers

A few years ago I found online a method of folding a CD case out of a sheet of letter paper. I can't find it again. There was no cutting involved. It was not a pdf file. It was not the one which requires you to divide the top of the paper into 5 equal segments, it was more of an asymetrical thing.
posted by TiredStarling on May 9, 2006 - 10 answers

Can anyone give me directions on how to fold this style of collapsing map. It's fairly easy to reverse engineer but I would like to have some comprehensive guidelines if possible. [more inside]
posted by Glum on May 9, 2006 - 6 answers

Does anyone know who does the music for the Citi Bank commercial with the guy doing the origami in fast forward. Classical sounding piano music.
posted by daveed66 on Sep 20, 2005 - 2 answers

What do you call those three-dimensional geometric novelties, consisting of eight cubes, joined to each other at one edge to form one large cube, whose pieces can be flipped around to display different images on the exterior of the large cube? What is the history of this delightful object? What are the geometric priniciples behind it?
posted by Faze on Jan 20, 2005 - 15 answers

ObscureMovieFilter: DagMaggot's question jarred a memory I have of a film I saw several years in a row in grade school (late '70s). It was a Japanese film in which a boy loses his mother to some disease (possibly cancer)? As I recall, the mother used to entertain her son by folding origami, and I remember a scene with lots of snow. I also don't remember much, if any, dialog.

It's not a lot to go on, but that's all I remember, and I haven't been able to find it since. Pointers appreciated.
posted by aberrant on Dec 31, 2004 - 3 answers

Those fortune telling paper things kids make, sort of origami-y... there's four upside down cups that you put your fingers in, the faces have numbers or colours on them, then after a complicated "pick a number, pick a colour" game, you unfold something and an answer is revealed.

What are those called?
posted by Capn on Sep 2, 2004 - 17 answers