Square

Krystyna taught this model at the CDO Convention 2009. The modules are as simple as you could imagine: fold a square in half diagonally, then twirl in the right places - fold a couple, and assemble. There's some skill to making nice twirls, of course, and when you watch Krystyna make twirls it becomes painfully aware how bad you are yourself at making them. Still, it was a fun model to make, and I absolutely love the look of the twirls. Even my first try at it, as seen on the picture, didn't turn out too badly.

At the CDO Convention 2009, I taught this apple by Shuzo Fujimoto. I'm pleased to say that it took us less time than expected (only half an hour), and everyone had a nicely folded model in the end. The bigger, orange apple is the one I folded to display which model I'd be teaching, and the smaller, red one shows the paper we used during the session.

Yesterday I met up with Stephan Weber, who is a great advocator of expressive folding. At the end of the night we folded his bull, although I have to admit I couldn't replicate it again now. It's easy to see that Stephan has a lot of experience with folding, as he confidently and quickly makes the paper do exactly what he wants it to. With a bit of practice I hope I'll learn a bit of his shaping techniques, although I have to admit I still love having reference points.