Merry Christmas

Teddy!

This isn't origami but it's this thing called paper toys. It's basically you cut out the shape, fold it, and glue it. I named him Teddy, and he is nommin' on some popcorn. This template is from Marshall Alexander's website.

Tetrahedra

I know all of you who see this picture think its magic, its not. It's a bunch of tetrahedra interlocked. A tetrahedron is a polyhedron with 4 triangles that meet at a specific points. A polyhedron is a three-dimensional figure that has flat faces, and straight edges. As my friend always tells me, "you learn something new every day". And thus your geometry lesson is over for the day.

Take a Bite

This is an Apple logo. You had no idea people could do this until now. First of all, this design is not mine, and I am not affiliated with Apple in any way. But this origami logo is pretty cool, it wasn't too hard either.

YouTube

I now have a YouTube account: foldingfanatic <---- I have no videos yet ): but they will come I promise.

Chickens

Here is a pair of chickens that I made up myself without ANY instructions. I don't remember how long it took to make it. It was folded from a 6" square and turned into a 2" chicken.

Baby Your a Fireeeeewoork

This is a Firework. Welcome to the wonderful world of insane things made out of paper. I don't know why  the crinkling of the paper is so loud, I'm guessing it had to do with the microphone being so close to me curling the firework.  Also, this can go on forever, or until it breaks, and i haven't had one of these break yet.  Twelve pieces of paper, and it takes a while to connect them (1.5 hours).

I realize the video may not work, I will fix this do not worry.

Weird X Thing

This is the first one of these I made, and it turned out kind of sloppy. The pieces slide together, so they can slide apart as it is not the best, but I think it's pretty cool.

Recognize This?

You may remember this from the very first post I made. This one is obviously bigger paper and different colors. Made from 30 sheets of paper.

Glass Soda Bottles

This little ball is studded with 12 spikes. This took a while to make, because it is very delicate and hard to work with because of its size. All in all, it is most definitely a work of art. I will probably lose it though.

Happy Halloween

I made some candy out of paper. Happy Halloween, get some tasty treats!

Spiky Star Ball

This took a good three hours to make, and I had to take it apart three times due to color issues. All in all, it is a great piece of work made from 30 sticky notes (10 of each color).

The Floppy Wrist

When I played indoor soccer last year, one of the scariest things happened to me. I was running down the field, about steal the ball from another player, when i saw him wind up to clear the ball. My first instinct was to jump, so I did, I jumped and turned around, hoping it would hit my back, but my wrist got in the direct path of the ball. I did not think anything happened, so i just shook it off, but then I looked down, and saw my wrist was broken. The radius, the bone in your arm on the side of of thumb, was broken. About an inch away from the end of my hand, the bone was sticking up and out of place. My hand was also messed up, because it shifted with the bone that broke, my hand was lopsided. I shook my wrist, and it flopped around. It didnt even hurt, because it happened so fast, so i told my coach that i broke my wrist, so he let me leave the field. I got "rushed" to the hospital, I put rushed in quotes, because it felt like forever, and we hit a lot of bumps that jostled my wrist. We finally arrived at the hospital. They rushed me into a room with a bed. I was so confused because the nurses and doctors and everyone were all running around yelling words I don't know the meaning to. Then the said something I knew the meaning to
"Prep him for surgery." I haven't ever watched those medical shows on TV, but I knew that surgery may include them cutting me open and fixing whatever is wrong. By the time I had those sticky things on my chest, the doctor said that it was time to get my wrist X-rayed. I'm very glad they gave me an X-ray, because I didn't need surgery after all. But my wrist was still broken. When I left, I was told to keep my wrist above the level of my heart. The next day was Monday, but I didn't miss school that day because we had a snow-day. I went to a different doctor, and I found out they had to reset my wrist. Resetting a bone requires one person to push the bone into the right place, and having multiple people hold me down. The doctor specifically told me he would pop the bone back into place on the COUNT OF THREE. One, two, POP, three. There were two major things that happened then. He pushed the bone in place on the TWO, not the THREE. The second major thing was how loud the pop was, it was louder than when you open a can of soda. At this point I was balling my eyes out and trying to flail everywhere, but the other people had me pinned against the cot. They waited about five minutes so I wouldn't throw up everywhere, then I finally got it X-rayed again, and it was fine. I had to keep it upright, even when I slept, for four whole days. I waited the six weeks, then got my cast off. I was so relieved my wrist was fine.

Tiny Spinner

This is a top I made out of a 3" square sticky note. It has 12 "wings". It is the size of a quarter.

The Sonobe Module

This is made from 30 individual pieces of paper. All pieces are folded the same. Each finished piece of paper is one unit called a Sonobe unit. I connect all thirty pieces to make a "ball" of some sorts, also known as a Sonobe module. This took me two hours to make.