Jack O' Lantern

(Model by Tomohiro Tachi)

Strawberries

(Both models from Rick Beech's "A handbook of origami").

Headless Horseman

(Model by Juston Hairgrove. Diagrams in Creased Magazine #5).

Horned Owl

Model by Hideo Komatsu

Seeds of change

(Model by T. Kawaski)

Bracelet

Kawasaki Tessellation

(From "The greatest dream origami" by T. Kawasaki).

World Origami Days

http://www.origami-usa.org/wod

Wallet

(Model by Sok Song).

Rose in a box

Bird base rose by James Sakoda. The box is a traditional Masu box.

Top 3 Origami Books

1. "A handbook of Origami" by Rick Beech
This was oe of the first origami books I ever bought, and I still use it to this day. It has a wide variety of models; from animals to action figures to practical origami and different levels of difficulty. One of the reason why it is so great is that in stead of diagrams or drawings it had photos, which makes it much easier for beginners to understand the moves.


2. "The greatest dream origami" by Toshikazu Kawasaki
Several different kinds of roses and other designs. Even though this book is in japanese it has some of the clearest/easiest diagrams I have seen.


3. "Origami Essence" by Roman Diaz
So many beautiful animal designs! Different levels of difficulty and very easy to understand diagrams.

Finger Eating Pot II

(Alternative version of the previous model).

Kawasaki's Finger Eating Pot

Peace Day

6th of august is peace day in Japan. People from all over the world send paper cranes to the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima as a prayer for peace.


My crane this year


And a folded crane envelope


The adress

More about Sadako Sasaki and where to send cranes:
http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/shimin/heiwa/crane.html

Another Kawaski rose

Tato coin purse

(Trad japanese model. It was not easy to find an online diagram, but this blog has a picture guide to folding it; http://getyourmesson.blogspot.com/2010/02/tato-folding.html)

Spiral Shell

(Model by Toshikazu Kawasaki).

Lotus Flower

(Trad model. Folded with mulberry paper).

Elephants

Lavender: Sok Song's Baby Elelphant. Dark puple: Tanteidan. Blue: Roman Diaz' Acrobatic Elelphant.

Deer Head

Refreshing model from Sok Songs new book "Cease + Fold".

Spock

(Great model from Anita Barbour. Free diagrams on the web if you just search for "Spock origami". The model itself isn't that hard, but the instructions can be a little bit hard to read for beginners).

Crane

(Traditional crane. Possibly the smallest thing I've ever folded!)