Making a Lantern

Lantern

In my last post I mention that as I post more that I would try to do more advance origami. In the picture that you are going to see it will not look like more of an advance from the last origami that I tried but the folding's and the directions on the book seems more advance than shown on the origami itself.

In my book easy origami by John Montroll it mentions how the lantern is a very achievable origami to do but its also difficult do to the directions(Montroll 29). The lantern at the end was very manageable to make and also very calming. Sometimes doing origami is very stressful but be patient origami is suppose to be a relaxed activity and rushing through the directions will not help (29).

As time went on Origami has grown on me and its probably my new favorite thing to do during my spare time. Some people know origami as just folding papers and making it into some kind of shape but origami is very calming and keeps you busy if there's nothing else to do.



Creating a origami hat

Origami Hat

As my last post says I really enjoy doing art but didn't know what kind of art I'll be doing so I decided to try out origami. As my experience grown I will be trying to do more difficult origami then before and this time I decided to go with making a hat out of the origami paper. Also as this project continued I have found a new hobby in doing origami during my spare times.

In my book Easy Origami by John Montroll he mentioned that "Fold the creases very well will help the shapes"(1 Montroll). As I mentioned before creasing and folding the paper is very difficult for me and that's one of the main points of doing origami by folding papers and creating the design that you want.

John Montroll mentions that if the folds are not well folded than the shape you want will not have a successful origami. He also mentions tips for having a successful crease which is running your thumbnail along the creases.

What's your tips for having a successful crease on the paper?