Irrelevance Glorified

Week 24, June 9th – June 13th

Swordfish

It’s amazing to me how much “personality” I can add to an origami by adding an eye and an eyebrow. I’m rather proud of that eyebrow. Doesn’t it look like that swordfish means business?

Seal

I like this seal. It seems eager and ready to balance a ball on its nose.

Blue Whale

I thought about making this life-size, but my paper suppliers couldn’t get me something of the right size. And I couldn’t get access to one of those hangars that they use for Mythbusters episodes. I do like how the pattern on the paper is reminiscent of the grooved throat of an actual blue whale. Serendipity? Probably.

Mouse

I thought this one was kinda of hard to make out….when looking at it, you just can’t be sure of what you’re seeing. So I colored in the nose, to make it a little more obvious. I think it looks a bit more like Pikachu than a real mouse.

Emergency Tie

I found this one to be hilarious. There is a certain subset of these origami designs that claim, whether realistically or facetiously, to be useful in real life. I try to imagine the Japanese businessman who realizes after he’s left home that he forgot his tie. Or maybe he got it caught in some machinery and had to cut it to same his own life. No worries! I will grab some paper, and no one will ever know! This is much better than just showing up without a tie!

As always, these origami designs were found in the Origami Page-A-Day Desk Calendar.

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