Just for general wonderings…
Today sees the 30th piece of origami, one a day for the past month, and signifies the end of November's Challenge. It has been an interesting month and I've actually quite enjoyed, I've created birds, animals, boxes, shapes and flowers. They all sit proudly awaiting the final piece…
The plan was to finish the month with the most elaborate, most difficult, most impressive thing I could create, like the 78 stage origami spider….
But then I thought……balls to that….
……bring on #decembeer!
Thirty very long days and nights have finally come to an end and it is time to bid this ridiculous moustache a fond farewell……
I have only ever grown a moustache twice, both times supporting the fantastic movember initiative. But the time has come to rid the face of this rather creepy looking, hairy appendage. Despite the fact that it is itchy, annoying and troublesome I have formed a bond and become rather attached to my facial friend. But it is time to let go….
Remember he will be back next year…
Feeling slightly sad – today is the penultimate day of November's Challenge – it has been a great little challenge. I don't quite consider myself an origami master just yet, but it has been great to do a monthly challenge that is quite relaxing and stress free. Furthermore, it has enabled me to blog virtually every day, which is always a good thing. Yes, I know, I have far too much time on my hands! My life is so rock and roll!
So onto today, origami #29, a candy dish or lazy susan, in fact it is probably the smallest candy dish ever seen. It can probably just about manage to hold a peanut in each segment. So here you have it a dish for putting four peanuts in….
With just one day left of November I have been busy deciding on what to do for the month of December. I have been thinking about various ideas:
But after much deliberation I have decided on a different bottle of beer every day. This sounds like a good challenge, especially with Christmas just round the corner. Plan is to taste a new beer each day and blog about it. The hope is that I can develop my understanding of beers and their flavour.
So as I was doing a spot of shopping in Tesco this evening I took the opportunity to have a stroll down the beer aisle to have a look at the selection. They have 1000s of different real ales, lagers and ciders…
The first decision is to decide on whether I will focus on real ales, lagers or ciders. I think I'll sleep on that before making a decision.
Today's attempt at making a piece of origami didn't go quite to plan. The first initial attempt at a modular tetrahedron was a disaster. It was really difficult, it looked simple but the final assembly just wouldn't work. I found it near impossible to get the four corners in place, it keep falling apart. Very frustrating. It would seem that 28 days is not long enough to become an origami master…..
But, I was not about to be beaten, and proceeded to create a rather easy puppy….
So that just leaves two more days before the end of a rather enjoyable little challenge.
When I started November’s Challenge, origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, I wasn’t sure exactly what was in store. But what is clear is that it has gripped the nation! My tutor group have been having a go and we now have three windowsills full of various creations….
We’ve even managed an origami training session in the staff room at lunchtime. It has also become clear that within the school there are already a handful of secret origami masters: JD is a natural and has obviously been practising.
Today’s piece, a bird that actually flaps its wings, was taught to me by EB (a 2nd Dan origami black belt master)….please also note the carefully placed arrows….
To keep on track, another piece of origami was also required. And keeping with the bird theme, only this time one that cannot fly, a penguin…
That’s #25 and #26….only 4 more days left! Roll on December and the final monthly challenge of the year!
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