The days from October 24 to November 11 are World Origami Days (WOD)! I don’t know who made that decision, but I’m good with it.
I don’t have much time to fold nowadays, but I love doing it. Maybe I’d have more time for origami if I weren’t hooked on “4 Elements”, a great iPad game by Playrix… and before that, “The Rise of Atlantis”, which is like Bejeweled on steroids. I got both games for free on Free App a Day, a dangerous website if there ever was one. It should be illegal to give away addictive video games when people have work to do!
Anyway, my resolution for WOD is to fold at least one model a day. Here’s the first – a lobster, from Montroll and Lang’s book “Origami Under the Sea“:
Folded from one uncut square of foil paper. I decided to make it blue, because blue lobsters are rare, and blue origami lobsters are even rarer. For the following days, I hope to fold mostly my own designs. However, since I arrived to Gloucester where fish and lobster are such a part of the economy and culture, I wanted to start with this leggy little critter!
Happy World Origami Days!
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About Fr Matthew Green
Currently parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish, on Cape Ann (serving the churches of St. Ann, St. Joachim, and St. Anthony). I moved to the area in early August '11, and am very happy to be in such a welcoming community and beautiful location!
One of my hobbies is photography. You can see my photos
on Flickr and buy prints of some of them
on Fine Art America.
I am a daily contributor to
GoodMorningGloucester (GMG for short), a blog by and about the community of Gloucester specifically and Cape Ann in general. The content is diverse, ranging from the beautiful and sublime to the earthy and occasionally offensive. I hope my contributions are of the former kind, not the latter. So, while I cannot endorse all the content that is posted there, I am grateful to Joey (the founder and admin of the blog) for giving me space to make my contribution.
I also have my own blog,
Perpetual Learner, which mostly includes my homilies and some re-posts from GMG, but also sometimes has other content, such as my personal reflections, videos I like, etc.
It’s beau-ti-ful….the paper texture and color make it more appealing!!
Thanks!
Wow you do good work. That lobster is very lifelike – before the boiling water.
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