Last month Japantown hosted the 3rd annual
Origami-Palooza, a sort of origami open house, where people are invited to sit down & learn how to fold something out of a square of colored paper. It was well-attended, & you needed to hover a bit in order to snag a free seat.
It's obviously a perfect family activity, ...
--- but really people of all ages were getting into it.
Expert folders brought models to enter into a competition.
Their entries were amusing ...
... and astonishing.
My favorite was
Trevor Mead's life-sized sheep, apparently constructed from 2 huge sheets of paper, supported by a metal frame. I'd never seen anything like it before.
A paper airplane contest was held in the plaza, though subjecting contestants to the vagaries of the wind did not seem fair.
The contest was emceed by
John Collins, who holds the record for the longest flight of a paper airplane.
I liked figuring out how to fold a paper airplane at this table by seeing a sample of each step, but when I launched my finished plane, it shot across the room & smacked a little girl in the side of the face.
§ Origami-Palooza
Sunday, August 23, 2015, 1-5pm
East Japan Center Mall
2 comments:
That must have been very shame-making, the mauling of the little girl, I mean.
Truly. I'm clearly a menace with a paper airplane. But it was a bit chaotic, & there were planes flying everywhere in that room, so I don't think they'll be able to pin it on me!
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