Just paper..

Is paper still paper when it becomes this?



I don't see it as paper anymore..  I feel each origami ball - called "kusudama", receives a certain personality as it turnes into the final product. It depends on the colours you use and the model you choose to turn it into, but in the end, you manage to breathe live into what seemed to be "just paper" moments ago...













* photos taken by Creativ Hobby

Earth colours

I enjoy making "Merry-go-round" mobiles more and more.. I never know how it's gonna look until it's done, but this only makes me feel challenged and excited.
Everytime I put my hands on a new type of paper, an entire Merry-go-round starts creating itself in my head and I can't resist not to transform it into reality.
This happened when one of my university teachers gave me a wonderful, "Earth coloured" paper - I instantly saw it becoming...this:










And in the nature:





* the first four photos are taken by a friend - Creativ Hobby

Cubes turn into spheres

A few months ago, adviced by a friend  from the Romanian Origami Forum - Nicoleta Mihalcea,   I started folding a Cube created by David Mitchell, made out of 6 pieces of paper, that I simply fell in love with! So in love, that I ended up folding about 220 of them!
And then, because a friend in need is a friend indeed, I asked another great origamist - Ecaterina Vasile, to give me some directions for turning my cubes into...balls. :)
And so, 220 cubes later and 1320 pieces of paper, I have two spheres.

For this one, the pink pieces of paper measure 3cm, and the yellow ones, 1.5cm:

 










For the next one, the black pieces of paper measure 6cm, the blue measure 3cm, and the white ones, 1.5cm:

Creatii si creaturi din hartie

De Noaptea Muzeelor, la Muzeul Grigore Antipa din Bucuresti, a avut loc si vernisajul expozitiei de Origami organizata de Asociatia De Origami Romania.
Peste 21.000 de persoane au trecut portile Muzeului, incepand cu ora 17 si pana la 3 dimineata.
A fost o experienta extrem de frumoasa pentru noi ca si expozanti, iar oboseala si stresul erau cu mult depasite de bucuria pe care o simteam vazand chipurile oamenilor si auzindu-le aprecierile si incantarea.
Cei de la Muzeul Antipa sunt niste oameni deosebiti, care ne-au ajutat si ne-au sprijinit intru totul! Multumim si voluntarilor care au fost alaturi de noi la vernisaj, dar si tuturor celor care s-au implicat in aceasta expozitie.

Va las sa admirati cateva poze, in speranta ca va vor convinge sa vizitati si pe viu expozitia, care va ramane acolo timp de 2 saptamani - pana pe 2 iunie.

Paper creatures and paper creations - origami exhibition

On 19th of May, a new origami exhibition will take place at the Natural History Museum "Grigore Antipa", in Bucharest.
Our models - both creatures and creations made out of paper - will be there for two weeks, until 2nd of june.

Children's Day in Turkey

On 24th of April, Turkey celebrates its children everywhere. So at that date, in Bucharest, Romania, I took part at an event organized at the Turkish Cultural Institute and sponsored by Garanti Bank .
It was a joyful atmosphere, with lots of children and many, many surprises: