Origami and Other Stuff

[firstfrost]

As part of playing tourist with harrock's mom, we (plus Kye) went to see the origami exhibit, plus a lot of everything else, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. Here's my favorite of the origami, and also the 17th-century depiction of an alien abduction, in netsuke:

Comments

[merastra.livejournal.com]

Wow. The kraken attack is *amazing*.

[ricedog.livejournal.com]

What's that in its lower tentacle? Maybe it's cleansing the ship of a sea-troll infestation.

[desireearmfeldt]

It's a sailor. Well, it's a person, anyway. :)

[dcltdw]

Maybe this is just a common assumption, but the bit that firstfrost didn't mention is that (iirc) that's a single sheet of paper, with no cuts or tears.

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

I do assume that for origami, in fact. :) (There were a few in the exhibit that were multi-sheet, but I think that's more cheating than wet-folding).

I took a picture of the folding chart for it, too! Note the teeny bit at the bottom left for the sailor.

(http://web.mit.edu/boojum/Pix/Trips/PEM/tn/IMG_1681.jpg.html)

[merastra.livejournal.com]

That folding chart is insane.

[kirisutogomen.livejournal.com]

Ah! That is Brian Chan's work.

(http://techtv.mit.edu/file/get/Chosetec-TheMakingOfMensEtManusInOrigamiVol1888.flv)
Click To Play (http://techtv.mit.edu/file/get/Chosetec-TheMakingOfMensEtManusInOrigamiVol1888.flv)

[kirisutogomen.livejournal.com]

Wow, that preview came out large.

And it isn't easy to play the video, which is a shame, because it's worth watching. So I guess I'll just link to the original (http://techtv.mit.edu/file/93). It's a high resolution video, so watch it full screen.

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the kraken is in the video too! :)

[twe.livejournal.com]

It's been a couple years since I was at the PEM, but the carved ivory was really impressive. I think my favorite piece was the carved tusk on an ebony base (http://pics.livejournal.com/twe/pic/0003fb7g/g44)which is I think part of their permanent collection. (I remember seeing the Moon Bed too.)

The origami exhibit definitely looks worth a visit.