My name's Sara Adams, and I discovered origami for myself during Christmas 2005. I've been hooked ever since. The intention of this site is to get you hooked, too. You've been warned! — Now go enjoy some instructional videos, pictures in the gallery, and all the rest of it. And most importantly, happy folding!

Video on Reuters!

23 February 2011 - 7:13am — Sara

Just a very quick shout-out. Ben Gruber from Reuters did a short report on origami with Robert Lang. As part of the video material one of my videos was used. See for yourself!

http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/02/21/ancient-art-of-origami-goes-digi...

-- Sara

Tant Review

15 February 2011 - 7:16am — Ilan
Authored by Ilan Garibi and Gadi Vishne
Weight (gsm) Sizes Color Palette Texture Aging
78 7.5cm; 15cm; 30.5cm; 35cm; 110cm by 80cm 100 colors mildly rough many years
Attributes:
Wear and Tear Memory Forgiveness Tensile Strength Bending Restistance
n/a 9 / 10 8 / 10 6 / 10 5 / 10
Model Suitability:
Classic Action Tess. Complex Modular 3D Wet Folding
9 / 10 8.5 / 10 9 / 10 8 / 10 9 / 10 8 / 10 7.5 / 10
Final score: 8 out of 10
Paper type: 
Tant

Tant color palette
Tant color palette

If Elephant Hide is the Mega Star of the paper world, then Tant is the solid all-rounder, second in command, ready when needed. Made in Japan by Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. and distributed by Toyo Co., this may be the most versatile paper for origami uses. Little is known about this paper, but we do know that the pulp for it is either imported to Japan from the USA and Canada or made in Japan from Australian Eucalyptus Wood. It is then dyed and shipped to Toyo Co. to be cut, packed and sold. The paper is not acid-free! Good for almost every kind of folding, it is light-weight with relatively high strength, an amazing color palette, and a large variety of sizes. This is an origami paper made for origamists, and it even comes with diagrams for a variety of models.

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PDF Diagrams vs. Video Instructions

9 February 2011 - 8:04am — Sara
Valentine's Models

After posting two PDFs and video instructions for Valentine's Day, I have also written an article that gives a short comparison of PDF diagrams and video instructions.

It's now available as one of the open-access articles in OrigamiUSA's TheFold: http://www.origami-usa.org/thefold002_PDF_video_comparison_on_valentines...

I hope you enjoy the read and am happy to get your feedback. I know there's more aspects to these two methods of spreading origami, but hope I captured some of the more important aspects in the article.

Asking for Permission - the Why and How

25 January 2011 - 8:15am — Sara
Update: Lukasheva Ekaterina (http://kusudama.me/) has translated and made avaiable the article in Russian, read it here: http://oriart.ru/publ/sozdanie_video_instrukcij_kak_i_zachem/2-1-0-23

As promised, I've written my second article in my series on video diagramming.