Category: origami

Lotusland in Origami: Flora, Fauna and Ganna

Lotusland in Origami: Flora, Fauna and Ganna

This origami exhibition is happening now (and is open till 18th of May) in Lotusland, Montecito CA. Lotusland Lotusland is an amazing botanic garden, established by Ganna Walska in Montecito CA. The garden has gorgeous Cactus, Succulent and Lotus collections. When I say gorgeous, I mean that. It’s the most impressive collection of cactuses I’ve ever …

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Instagram…

Instagram…

I recently started posting to instagram (@ekaterina.lukasheva). You’re invited 🙂 And I hope to have more short videos  of origami tessellations compared to photographs. Because I finally understood that people do not perceive how cool it is when only given one frontal image of origami. Technology finally approached me 😉 New #origami #tessellation with a …

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Why selling origami is a bad idea

Why selling origami is a bad idea

There’s a reason I am writing it. A huge reason. I am seriously thinking about making a T-shirt with ‘don’t tell me how to sell origami please!’ on it. Every second person that learns about my origami skills tries to discuss how I could sell it. If you think that happened after I’ve become a …

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How curved fold origami tessellations are made

How curved fold origami tessellations are made

There are many kinds of origami tessellations. Some tessellations are entirely flat, some are 3-dimensional. Only some of the tessellations are made in the way that they don’t have a single straight line in their crease pattern. It may be not clear how to fold this kind of origami. Here are some examples of curved-folded …

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