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Steps in Learning a New Origami Fold

 


This blogging is about me learning how to journey. Not all journeys are about hiking. This episode is about learning about learning. 

  1. That looks do-able. These folds are easy enough. Why did think it would be hard?

  2. Where in the seven levels of Hell did this fold come from? Defies the laws of physics.

  3. Get help from at least seven people that can’t teach only to find later that they teach just find. Or use diagrams missing some critical step.

  4. Create a pile of snowballs. Expand the budget for test paper.

  5. Do some small move that makes the whole thing work. Forget what you just did. Spend 7 hours trying to figure out what you just did.

  6. Light goes on, you fold, refold, and refold again.

  7. Well that was easy. Why did I ever think it was hard?

  8. Attempt the fold the following week, or try to teach someone else. Return to step 1.





There is a bit more to this story.
I joined OrigamiUSA, and that got me one of their magazines. In it there was a dollar bill fold for a duck, a tribute to Janessa Munt. 
Step 18 assumes that I would know what an Elias Stretch fold was.  Nope I'm not that clever.
Internet search leads to utter confusion.  Posting in an origami group led to some stuff that I was unable to pars out.

Once I got this diagram, the light slowly started to go on.

Not perfect, yet.  But I think I can find my way from here.






Comments

Pam Davis said…
Ha! I used to say I speak origami Spanish... Not all the information is in the words (instructions), but if you are patient, you can understand me.
August 24, 2023 at 2:04 PM
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