Phone Booth Cranes

I was walking down ave du Parc when this Bell phone booth caught my eye.
Oh my goodness gracious, I exclaimed out loud.  This, my friends, made my day.  Oh, and how the 'e' was added to the name, so in fact this booth had become 'belle'?! Nice touch.  Who is this origami ninja!?  How can I give you a high five?! Behold, what simple joy a bunch of origami cranes can bring.

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Origami Mobile #5

This mini mobile goes out to a teeny-tiny baby with big feet!
Inspired by Mobile #4, this one has a square frame and four rabbits: pink, blue, green and brown.  In the center is a patterned balloon.

 

Origami Mobile #4

I have finally completed Origami Mobile #4 for a dear friend whose son is at least seven months old... Well better late than never!

This one worried me a tad, because this little dude's dad is an industrial designer, I felt that this one might be scrutinized a bit more.  The choice of shapes were pared down to the always favourite of mine, the angel fish and the balloon from a book I had since the 80s!

Did you print nerds out there take notice that the fishes' colours were CMYK- as in cyan, magenta (ok, pink...), yellow and black? And that the ballons were RGB-as in red, green and blue?!

Check out the new shape that this mobile is rocking:
I call it pyramid with bird swing!

Origami Mobiles

I've loved origami since I was a kid and in the last year or so rediscovered my paper folding skills.  I've decided to put it to good use and make some origami mobiles for some friends who have become parents.  Hence my new semi-artistic series: Origami Mobile For Pregnant Pause.  The hipstamatic images above are mobiles number 2 and 3.  The original mobile was a collaborative work with a mom and dad to be.  My favorite creature to fold is the pointy and graphic angel fish from the 1985 book Animal Origami for the Enthusiast- I have yet to successfully fold more than three animals from this publication...