The peace of paper

Cardboard Bike That Works

darren — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:50:15 +0000

A design student in the UK has produced a nice prototype of a cardboard bike. Using regular bike components for the tricky sections. (the wheels, gears and chain) he is able to cut the price of the bike to around 15 pounds. I’m thinking this would be great for a tourist. Where you could buy a bike rather than rent one.

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Kung Fu Panda

darren — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:03:10 +0000

It seems that along with a new movie is a selection on merchandise and animated movies are no exception. In this case you have a chance to make your own with all the main characters available for free download and construction. The detail looks fairly basic and should be suitable for a holiday project.

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Book Binding

darren — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:49:23 +0000

Here’s an extended tutorial on book binding. The results look fantastic if you are willing to put in the hard work.
It would be a great hand made gift for a wedding or graduation. Make sure if you do go to the effort you use good quality paper that will last.

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More Folded Chairs

darren — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:26:34 +0000

The seats are made out of big sheets of pattern paper or wallpaper, filled with expanded polyurethane foam. The folded structure acts as a mould and as an “upholstery”; after being shaped the empty paper chair is steady enough to hold its form and enable polyurethane casting.

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Origami Crockery

darren — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:05:33 +0000

This looks very interesting. Although it’s not the first time origami has been used in this way. It looks like it’s a quite sturdy and usable peice of equipment.

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Make your own Cylon helmet

darren — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:03:37 +0000

With Battle Star returning to the US screens for it’s last season. It’s a perfect time to make your own Cylon helmet. Of course designing your own helmet from scratch would be a lot of work.
We can be greatful that someone has done all that work for us.

Follow the link to print and make your very own.
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Donkey Kong From PostIt Notes

darren — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:14:18 +0000

What do you do when you have 6400 spare postIt notes and five hours of free time ?
Construct a scene from you favorite videogame is one option.

There’s a video here

And more photos here

Clay Origami Cranes

darren — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:08:47 +0000

Here’s a great set of videos the show how to make origami cranes from polymer clay. The results are fantastic and well worth a watch.

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Year of the Rat

darren — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:47:25 +0000

To celebrate the year of the rat

We are folding an Eric Joisel Rat (to go with the year of the rat), Gen and I will be folding and Matt will be commentating.
Everyone is welcome to come along and support us, its a free festival, and a very fun day - good for the whole family.

Osaka Twilight Festival - Sunday 17 February
Duration 4pm to 8pm
Location: Treasury Gardens, Wellington Parade, Melbourne
no parking facilities available
performance time 4.30pm

tpod Origami for tea drinkers

darren — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:45:06 +0000

Just a quick post for those enjoy origami and tea. Now you can enjoy both at the same time. It seems more like a house warming gift than an everyday event. I guess it all depends on the quality of the tea.

Found here Link