Sunday, July 10, 2011

Time to Fold Somewhere Else

We're in the process of moving states in the very near future; hence the reason why I haven't posted anything new lately.  Today was our last Sunday here.  While here I team-taught the 11-year-old Sunday School class at my church.  I loved it.  The kids are amazing.  Anytime that I could I would bring origami to give them.  In the midst of packing everything my wife and I went through all of the origami that I've folded and accumulated while here (and even things we moved here).  So, I decided that I would take everything that I was planning on getting rid of and take it to the kids in my class to see if they wanted any of it. Before church I decided to count everything and take a picture.  Here's what I gave away:

The collection of origami that I gave to the kids in my Sunday School class.
I decided that I'd let them take turns at picking out what they wanted. In order to decide what order they got to pick things I took a large jar of origami stars that I had been collecting since I was about 18 and had them guess how many there were.  I wasn't sure if they'd want all of what I brought.  I had 122 separate things for them to pick from; I didn't come home with a single thing.  I'm definitely sad to move away, but the opportunities will be good.  I've been unemployed for over a year now and the move will allow for much better job opportunities.  Until we find work and get more settled it may be a little difficult to post here.  Until next time, Enjoy!

6 comments:

Maria said...

That's such a great story Stephen! Your collection was very diverse - modulars, single sheet origami, tessellations, flashers, boxes... I see on this photo things that I would pick out myself:D
Good luck at your new place!

Martin said...

I love your origami art! I think it is very creative!

I am just dipping my toes into the world of paper folding. Have you made any lotus flowers? I would love to see one of yours, or even a demonstration of your technique on making one.

Do you have any preference on the types of paper used to make origami?

Thank you for your wonderful blog!

Stephen said...

Maria- Thank you so much! :)

Martin- Thank you! I love hearing when people find origami :)
I have never tried (or come across) a lotus flower design; but I would love to try one. I'll have to see what I can find. I hope you enjoy folding as much as me :)

Yuki said...

Hi Stephen, I just found your blog and enjoyed reading it. I wish you best of luck in the new state... wherever that is.

I do origami and have a blog about it as well. I would love to link your blog site from mine, if it's OK.

Please take a look at my blog when you can. Thanks!

http://yukiorigami.com

Stephen said...

Yuki- Thanks for finding my blog! I would love it if you linked my blog to yours. Thank you :)

I briefly looked at yours (currently I'm at work) and thoroughly enjoyed what I saw.

Yuki said...

Thanks for your nice comment on my blog! I love your blog too and look forward to more posts;)