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The Tomoko Fuse dodecahedron that I began making at the beginning of July is still only partially completed. (more…)

Earlier this week I came up with a modular origami Sonobe unit I hadn’t seen before. (more…)

If you made a copy of this year’s Tanabata/Matariki Star Book you will have noticed that it is a rather floppy structure with a tendency to fall open. Obviously it requires some kind of protective case or cover. (more…)

A little late for this blog’s official birthday —and Tanabata— but in time for the Matariki star festival in Aotearoa (New Zealand), here’s The Sky and the Stars. It’s a six-page book that opens to display a five-point star and contains a poem by Mikhail Lermontov. (more…)

Since it is Tanabata today (at least in some places), and since I don’t have this year’s Tanabata book project quite finished, here are my favourite projects from the previous eleven anniversaries of this blog. From July 2018, A Clear Midnight: (more…)

I had plans for celebrating Tanabata and the twelfth anniversary of this blog on July 7th. I have been working on a book project for you to make, but I thought a dodecahedron with its twelve sides might make a good second project for the folders in the audience. (more…)

The big job in the studio this week was cutting paper for an upcoming workshop. Well, two workshops actually, which is why there are two sets of things in the picture. (more…)

It’s a bit odd to have a trailer for an animation that is only four minutes long, but it was the only way I could embed at least some of Duncan Major’s Imprint. From the NFB webpage: When he was 13, Duncan Major spent a summer working as a printer’s devil for artist Tara Bryan in her bustling Newfoundland studio. Surrounded by ink, paper and hand-operated presses, Duncan discovered a passion for…

Off the Grid has been up for two weeks now. Continue reading Up and Running

Last Sunday Cindy and I hung our show with the help of family, friends, and curator Ann Donald. This coming Sunday is the official opening reception. Continue reading “Off The Grid” Opening Reception

This is your official invitation to Off The Grid, the upcoming two-person show at Saint Thomas Moore Gallery on the University of Saskatchewan campus. Continue reading An Exhibition Announcement and Some Other Things

Our weather in March wasn’t really suitable for flying kites, so it wasn’t until mid-May that I designed a new paper kite for you to make. Continue reading How To Make A Winged Sled Kite

If you are looking for a last minute gift for Mother’s Day, or an unusual card to go with the gift you bought, there might be something below you would like to make. You can find the instructions for this pop-up bouquet here. Continue reading Last Minute Projects for Mother’s Day

Work on the new paper quilt continued this week. Once the menko units were all folded, I did a rough layout. Continue reading After Folding, Assembly

I recently wrote a short bio that included the line “Cathryn Miller began playing with paper in early childhood, and still believes that anything —except, perhaps, internal combustion engines— can be made out of paper.” While I was thinking of actual working objects made out of paper, the artworks of Manabu Kosaka come close. Tonight’s flick is an extremely detailed look at his process in…

My studio time is currently spent folding paper. Continue reading Folding Paper

Today’s post contains instructions for several ways of binding your own copy of The Hunting of The Snark. Here’s my finished copy bound with stiff but flexible covers. Continue reading The Hunting of The Snark (II)